Tree tobacco

Nicotiana glauca.

family

Solanaceae

origin

Exotic

declaration

NIL

NIL

For information only

Common names

Tobacco bush, Tobacco plant, Tobacco tree, Tree tobacco, Wild tobacco, Mustard tree.

Nicotiana glauca is a species of wild tobacco known by the common name tree tobacco. It is an erect, often spindly, tree-like shrub to 6 m and generally grows in open and disturbed areas.

Leaf arrangement:Simple
Leaf form:Opposite
Yellow
Bluish-green

Impact

Impact

It grows in a wide variety of open and disturbed habitats, but is mainly a problem in drier inland regions in the southern parts of the country. It has the potential to reduce biodiversity by out competing native species. Tree tobacco is known to hybridise with several closely related native species (i.e. Nicotiana suaveolens, Nicotiana simulans and Nicotiana goodspeedii). The progeny of the Nicotiana glauca and Nicotiana suaveolens cross, which occurs in Victoria, is known as Nicotiana x flinderiensis.

Location

Location

Characteristics

Characteristics

Similar Species

Similar Species

Control Methods