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Accession Data:

Nicotiana glauca Graham

  • sect. Noctiflorae

  • Common Name: Tree Tobacco
  • Family: Solanaceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin: s. Bolivia, n. Argentina

  • USDA Zone: 10a-11

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 199200517
  • Source: Greenblatt/Logees
  • Accession Date: 12-31-1992
  • Bench: 1317 - NEOA: South Bench E
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 3 confirmed on 02-26-2025
  • Restrictions:
    • Poisonous Plant Parts - Not for Human Consumption
      Contains the toxic alkaloid anabasine. Ingestion of the leaves can be fatal. If ingested, immediately call the Poison Control Center.

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: euasterid I
  • Order: Solanales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Solanaceae
  • SubFamily: Nicotianoideae
  • Tribe:
  • SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
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2008

References (internal):

  • EEB 3203 - Developmental Plant Morphology
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Venezuela / Bolivia / Colombia / Ecuador / Peru / Brazil West-Central / Brazil Northeast / Brazil Southeast / Brazil South / Argentina Northeast / Argentina Northwest / Chile Central / Chile North / Paraguay / Uruguay

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Monday, December 07, 2015.
  2. Nicotiana glauca at Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Last accessed on Wednesday, July 05, 2017.
  3. Poisonous Plants at University of California. Last accessed on Wednesday, July 05, 2017.
  4. Image #00 (cropped) and #02 (original) By Miwasatoshi (Own work) [GFDL or CC BY-SA 4.0-3.0-2.5-2.0-1.0], via Wikimedia Commons

data regenerated on Wed, 26 Feb 2025 13:21:11 -0500 [bcm v4.0]

Images:

Nicotiana glauca

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Subfamily Browallioideae
Tribe Cestreae

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Subfamily Nicotianoideae

  • Nicotiana alata
  • Nicotiana glauca

Subfamily Petunioideae

  • Brunfelsia undulata W/C

Subfamily Solanoideae

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  • Solandra maxima

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Subfamily Solanoideae
Tribe Datureae

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Subfamily Solanoideae
Tribe Hyoscyameae

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Subfamily Solanoideae
Tribe Juanulloeae

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Subfamily Solanoideae
Tribe Lycieae

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Subfamily Solanoideae
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  • Iochrominae: Iochroma fuchsioides
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Tribe Solaneae

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  • Solanum conocarpum
  • Solanum conocarpum
  • Solanum ensifolium
  • Solanum ensifolium W/C
  • Solanum seaforthianum
  • Solanum wendlandii
W/C = Wild Collected
= indicates flowering in past 14 days
= images available for this accession
= map available for this accession
= accession added within past 90 days
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