Nicotiana forsteri Roem. & Schult.

Herb to 1.5 m high, leaves and lower stems sparsely pubescent with non-glandular hairs. Radical leaves elliptic, the lamina up to 25 cm long and 14 cm wide; petiole to 14 cm long, broadly winged, somewhat stem-clasping and auriculate at base; cauline leaves smaller, the upper ones narrowly elliptic to linear and becoming sessile, the base auriculate and stem-clasping. Inflorescence panicle-like, usually many-branched, densely pubescent with glandular hairs. Calyx 4–10 mm long. Corolla-tube 10–25 mm long, narrow at base; limb 6–13 mm diam. Upper 4 anthers at the same level or nearly so. Capsule ellipsoid to ovoid, 5–11 mm long. Seeds ovoid to trapezoid.

Grows in a rangeof soils on coastal headlands, in deep gorges, cave openings and disturbed rainforestor softwood scrub, often among regrowth after fire.