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| name = Brazilian Tree Tobacco
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|species=glauca
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|taxo_author=Graham
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| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
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|common_name=tree tobacco
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| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
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|origin=S America
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| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
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|features=flowers, naturalizes
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| ordo = [[Solanales]]
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| familia = [[Solanaceae]]
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| genus = ''[[Nicotiana]]''
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| species = '''''N. glauca'''''
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| binomial = ''Nicotiana glauca''
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'''''Nicotiana glauca''''' is a species of [[Nicotiana|wild tobacco]] known by the common names '''tree tobacco''' and incorrectly also '''[[Salvadora persica|Mustard tree]]'''. Its leaves are attached to the stalk by [[Petiole (botany)|petioles]], and its leaves and stems are neither [[wiktionary:pubescent|pubescent]] nor sticky like ''[[Nicotiana tabacum]]''. It grows to heights of more than two meters.
  
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'''''Nicotiana glauca''''' is sometimes referred to as '''Mustard Tree''' or '''Brazilian Tree Tobacco''' or simply '''Tree [[Tobacco]]'''. Its leaves are attached to the stalk by petioles (many other ''Nicotiana'' species have sessile leaves), and its leaves and stems are neither [[pubescent]] nor sticky like ''[[Nicotiana tabacum]]''. It grows to heights of more than 6' (2m).
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Tree tobacco is native to South America but it is now widespread as an [[introduced species]] on other continents, and it is a common roadside weed in the [[southwestern United States]].
  
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Originally from [[Bolivia]] and [[Argentinia]], tree tobacco has [[naturalized]] in the southwestern United States, becoming a common weed. This plant is used as a [[medicinal plant]].  
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Nicotiana glauca, Graham (N. arborea, Dietr.). Erect, tree-like, up to 20 ft. tall, glaucous-blue all over: st. branching: Lvs. long-petioled, unequally subcordate- ovate, acute, somewhat repand: fls. pedicelled, pedicels incurved in fr., in loose, terminal, bracted panicles; calyx tubular, 5-toothed. teeth acute, unequal, somewhat ciliate; corolla yellow, tube scarcely incurved, somewhat swollen above; mouth contracted, softly woolly; limb small, lobes ovate, very short, acute: caps, inclosed in the calyx. Argentina, Paraguay, Bolivia. B.M. 2837. G. 26:571.—Frequently cult, for its stately habit and striking glaucous-blue foliage which sometimes develops purplish tints. It has escaped from cult. and runs wild in Texas and Calif. Usually does not bloom in the northern states. Easily grown from seed.
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==Cultivation==
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Image:Nicotiana glauca.jpg
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Image:Nicotiana glauca p1010102.jpg
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Image:Nicotiana glauca0.jpg
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Image:Upload.png| photo 1
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== References ==
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==References==
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* [http://www.uky.edu/Ag/Tobacco/N_Species/N_glauca.html Picture of ''N. glauca'']
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*[http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Nicotiana+glauca Pants For A Future: ''Nicotiana glauca'']
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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<!--- xxxxx  *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381  -->
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<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->
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<!--- xxxxx  *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608  -->
  
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==External links==
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[[Category:Tobacco]]
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[[Category:Flora of South America]]
 
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[[Category:Flora of the Lower Colorado River Valley]]
 
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Latest revision as of 00:28, 21 February 2010


Nicotiana glauca


Plant Characteristics
Origin: ✈ S America
Cultivation
Features: ✓ flowers, naturalizes
Flower features: ❀ yellow
Scientific Names

Solanaceae >

Nicotiana >

glauca >

Graham >


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Nicotiana glauca is a species of wild tobacco known by the common names tree tobacco and incorrectly also Mustard tree. Its leaves are attached to the stalk by petioles, and its leaves and stems are neither pubescent nor sticky like Nicotiana tabacum. It grows to heights of more than two meters.

Tree tobacco is native to South America but it is now widespread as an introduced species on other continents, and it is a common roadside weed in the southwestern United States.


Read about Nicotiana glauca in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Nicotiana glauca, Graham (N. arborea, Dietr.). Erect, tree-like, up to 20 ft. tall, glaucous-blue all over: st. branching: Lvs. long-petioled, unequally subcordate- ovate, acute, somewhat repand: fls. pedicelled, pedicels incurved in fr., in loose, terminal, bracted panicles; calyx tubular, 5-toothed. teeth acute, unequal, somewhat ciliate; corolla yellow, tube scarcely incurved, somewhat swollen above; mouth contracted, softly woolly; limb small, lobes ovate, very short, acute: caps, inclosed in the calyx. Argentina, Paraguay, Bolivia. B.M. 2837. G. 26:571.—Frequently cult, for its stately habit and striking glaucous-blue foliage which sometimes develops purplish tints. It has escaped from cult. and runs wild in Texas and Calif. Usually does not bloom in the northern states. Easily grown from seed.


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Cultivation

Propagation

Pests and diseases

Varieties

Gallery

  • Nicotiana glauca.jpg
  • Nicotiana glauca p1010102.jpg
  • Nicotiana glauca0.jpg

  • photo 1

  • photo 2

References

External links


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