Tree tobacco
Nicotiana glauca.
family
Solanaceae
origin
Exotic
declaration
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.
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
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.
