Nicotiana longiflora

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Read about Nicotiana longiflora in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Nicotiana longiflora, Cav. Erect annual or perennial, 2-3 ft. tall: st. slender, bristly-scabrous: Lvs. somewhat clasping, spatulate to lanceolate, prominently undulate, obtuse or acute: fls. 4 in. long, extra-axillary in terminal loose racemes; calyx striate, tubular-campanulate, 5 unequal, erect, linear-lanceolate teeth; corolla villous, salverfonn, night-opening, fragrant, nearly 7 times longer than the calyx; tube slender, swollen above, green or pale violet; lobes ½ in. long, yellowish violet without, white within, nearly equal, ovate-lanceolate, obtuse, often emarginate; filaments adnate, near the throat unequal, 1 shorter; anthers yellowish violet; style shorter than the stamens: caps, nearly equaling the calyx. Texas to Chile and Argentina.—Rare in cult., and inferior to N. alata. Becomes annual in northern gardens.


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