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Nicotiana acuminata
Manyflower tobacco (Nicotiana acuminata) is a wild tobacco species from Chile and Argentina, grown as a tall, leafy herb with clusters of white or green-tinged tubular flowers. Give it a sunny, well-drained spot and regular water, and expect it to behave as a short-lived plant in most gardens.
Nicotiana acuminata is a species of wild tobacco known by the English common name manyflower tobacco. It is native to Argentina and Chile but it is known on other continents, including North America and Australia, as an introduced species.
It is an annual herb exceeding a meter in maximum height. The leaf blades may be 25 centimeters long and are borne on petioles. The inflorescence bears several white or green-tinged flowers with tubular throats up to 4 centimeters long, their bases enclosed in green-striped sepals.
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
