Nicotiana tabacum

Tobaco

Nicotiana tabacum grows as an annual and can reach a height of three meters. Its flowering period extends from summer to autumn. Its leaves are used to make smoking tobacco.

Nicotiana tabacum

Description

  1. Popular name(s): Tobaco
  2. Botanical name: Nicotiana tabacum
  3. Family: Solanaceae
  4. Origin: Not naturally occurring. Virginian tobacco is believed to be a cross between Nicotiana sylvestris, Nicotiana tomentosiformis, and Nicotiana otophora (source).
  5. Height: 100 to 300 centimeters
  6. USDA zone: 12 (50 °F/10 °C)

Nicotiana tabacum

Nicotiana tabacum

Categories: Garden plants | Herbs |

More species from the Solanaceae / nightshade family