Nicotiana megalosiphon Van Heurck & Müll.Arg.

Species

Angiosperms > Solanales > Solanaceae > Nicotiana

Characteristics

Herb to 90 cm, densely pubescent with glandular hairs. Leaves radical and cauline or mostly radical, petiolate or sessile; lower leaves elliptic to ovate, the upper cauline ones lanceolate to linear; lamina up to 17 cm long; petiole to 9 cm long, usually narrowly winged. Inflorescence panicle-like, few-branched. Calyx 10–20 mm long. Corolla-tube 35–95 mm long, to 2.5 mm wide at top of calyx; limb 15–35 mm diam., the lobes usually notched. Upper 4 anthers at about same level, their filaments to 2 mm long; filament of 5th stamen 1.5–11 mm long, inserted in upper half of corolla-tube. Capsule ovoid-ellipsoid, 7–16 mm long. Seeds reniform or acutely angled.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Uses medicinal
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Images

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Distribution

Nicotiana megalosiphon world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:916486-1
WFO ID wfo-0001023839
COL ID 47D55
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Synonyms

Nicotiana megalosiphon Nicotiana megalosiphon subsp. sessilifolia Nicotiana suaveolens var. longiflora