Nicotiana noctiflora

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Read about Nicotiana noctiflora in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Nicotiana noctiflora, Hook. (N. longiflora noctiflora, Voss). Herbaceous, perennial, glandular-viscid, hairs appressed: st. 2-3 ft. tall, slender, branching: lvs. petiolate, oblong-lanceolate, sinuate or undulate-plicate, the lower oblong-obtuse, the upper nearly sessile, linear- lanccolate, acute: fls. pedicellate, horizontal, in terminal panicles; calyx tubular, with 5 unequal, narrow, lanceolate, acute teeth; corolla salverform, night-opening, fragrant, greenish purple without, white within, 3-4 times longer than the calyx; tube cylindric; lobes equal obcordate, emarginate, oblong; nectar-ring orange, thickened: caps, longer than the calyx. Argentina and Chile. B.M. 2785. Var. albiflora, Comes, has the fls. nearly glabrous; glaucous, and greenish white or sometimes pure white without instead of purplish, or sometimes with a purplish vein in each corolla-lobe. Argentina.—Very decorative. Intro, into U. S. from Italy in 1908. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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