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Nicotiana sylvestris
Also called Flowering Tobacco, Argentine Tobacco, Woodland Tobacco, Wood Tobacco
Nicotiana sylvestris, South American or flowering tobacco, is a tall ornamental species from the Andes of Argentina and Bolivia, grown for its large fragrant white night-scented flowers. It is usually grown as a half-hardy annual or short-lived perennial, sown indoors in early spring and planted out after frost.
Nicotiana sylvestris is a species of flowering plant in the nightshade family Solanaceae, known by the common names woodland tobacco, flowering tobacco, and South American tobacco. It is a biennial or short-lived perennial plant in the tobacco genus Nicotiana, native to the Andes region in Argentina and Bolivia, in South America.
Nicotiana sylvestris is cultivated as an ornamental plant as it has fragrant and visually interesting flowers.
While most Nicotiana species and members of the Solanaceae family are naturally short-lived perennials, Nicotiana sylvestris is typically cultivated as a half-hardy annual in cold climates. Gardeners usually start seeds indoors under heated conditions in early spring, then transplant seedlings outdoors once frost danger has passed. In Great Britain, this plant can only survive winter outdoors in particularly sheltered coastal regions or select London neighborhoods where temperatures remain above −5 °C (23 °F).
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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.
