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Scientific name:

Nicotiana forgetiana

Vernacular name:

Tobacco, Red


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Red Tobacco

Scientific name: Nicotiana forgetiana Hemsl.

Diagnostic features
Differs from Nicotiana alata in stems to 1m.
Some calyx-lobes shorter than -tube.
Corolla-tube 20-33mm.
Corolla-limb 25-40mm across, red.

Chromosome number: (2n=18).

Habitat
Introduced-casual; grown and found as for Nicotiana alata.

Distribution
South America.

This species is keyed out on Page 3482 in the Text Key.

Hybrids
- Nicotiana x sanderae W. Watson (= Nicotiana alata x Nicotiana forgetiana) is grown in gardens like its parents and similarly occurs as a casual; it is intermediate in all characters, with a range of flower colours.

Nicotiana forgetiana (Tobacco, Red)
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