
Tobacco
Nicotiana rustica
Solanaceae
Growth Habit
HerbaceousDescription
Annual, viscid-pubescent to 1.5m. Leaves ovate to ovate-obtuse or elliptic, to 30cm+; petiole unwinged. Inflorescence paniculate, lax to crowded ; flowers to 18mm, tinged yellow or green, opening during the day; calyx to 1.5cm, tubular to narrow-funnelform, dentate, teeth triangular, acute unequal; corolla to 2cm, yellow tinged green, limb to 6mm+ diamete, lobes obtuse, apex abruptly acute or obtuse; stamens 4, unequal, slightly protruding. Fruit subglobose to elliptic-ovoid, to 2cm.
Source of plant
Cornell Botanic Gardens
