Data specific to Nicotianas (Edit)
Heredity: Open-Pollinated
Type: Wild
Tobacco Plant Height: 3 feet
Flower Color: White
Country: Native to Argentina and Chile.

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Wet Mesic
Fruit: Showy
Fruiting Time: Summer
Late summer or early fall
Flowers: Showy
Bloom Size: Under 1"
1"-2"
Flower Time: Summer
Late summer or early fall
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Hummingbirds
Toxicity: Leaves are poisonous
Roots are poisonous
Fruit is poisonous
Propagation: Seeds: Provide light
Needs specific temperature: Minimum of 73 degrees F
Depth to plant seed: Surface sown (not covered)
Start indoors
Can handle transplanting
Pollinators: Self
Moths and Butterflies
Bumblebees
Bees
Various insects

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Common names
  • Manyfower Tobacco
  • Tobacco
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Nicotiana acuminata
  • Synonym: Nicotiana acuminata var. multiflora

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Location: Seminole Hot Springs — in the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, California.
Date: June, 2005
Anthony Valois and the National Park Service - https://en.wikiped
Location: Surroundings of Santiago, Chile
Date: Late Summer 2004
Location: Surroundings of Santiago, Chile
Date: Late Summer 2004
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