Woodland Tobacco

Nicotiana sylvestris Speg.

light
—
water
—
tall
1.5 m
wide
51 cm

Solanaceae

Also called Argentine Tobacco, Wood tobacco, South American tobacco

When it flowers

Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.

Read from iNaturalist photographs of it in flower. A month counts at 50% of the best month's flowering share (smoothed over three months) and 10% of its flowering count, from at least 100 flowering observations in the band.

PetsNo pet-safety information yet
PeopleWikipedia lists it as mildly poisonous (all parts) (25 Oct 2026)

If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.

Something wrong with it?

About it

Grows as
AnnualKew's checklist, not yet checked
Climate
SubtropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
Wild in
Bolivia to NW. ArgentinaKew's checklist, not yet checked
Height
1.5 mRead from Wikipedia, one source
Spread
51 cmRead from Wikipedia, one source
Flowers
WhiteRead from Wikipedia, one source

Not known yet: light, water, coldest it survives, heat, hottest it survives.

In other languages (12)

Estonian
metstubakas
Lithuanian
Laibažiedis tabakas
Swedish
narcisstobak
Russian
Табак лесной
Dutch
Witte trompettabak
Spanish
Tabaco silvestre
French
Tabac sylvestre
Italian
Tabacco silvestre
Croatian
Šumski duhan
Finnish
narsissitupakka
Slovak
tabak lesný
Chinese
林烟草

Where this comes from

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