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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = Brazilian Tree Tobacco
| image = Nicotiana glauca0.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Solanales]]
| familia = [[Solanaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Nicotiana]]''
| species = '''''N. glauca'''''
| binomial = ''Nicotiana glauca''
}}
'''''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).
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]].
== References ==
* [http://www.uky.edu/Ag/Tobacco/N_Species/N_glauca.html Picture of ''N. glauca'']
*[http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Nicotiana+glauca Pants For A Future: ''Nicotiana glauca'']
[[Category:Nicotiana]]
[[Category:Tobacco]]
[[Category:Flora of South America]]
[[Category:Flora of the Lower Colorado River Valley]]
[[Category:Medicinal plants]]
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