Solanaceae
Tree tobacco
Nicotiana glauca
- Family
- Solanaceae
- Genus
- Nicotiana
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Common names
By language (25)
- aeb
- دخّان
- Afrikaans
- Wildetabak, Jan-twak, Tabakbos, Volstruisgif, Volstruisgifboom, Wildetwak
- Arabic
- تبغ أزرق, الزفوف, تمباك, عكوزموس, مساس, مصاص
- arz
- تبغ ازرق
- Catalan
- Tabac de jardí
- Chinese
- 光烟草
- English
- Tree tobacco
- Finnish
- Pensastupakka
- French
- Tabac glauque
- frr
- Buumtabak
- German
- Blaugrüner Tabak, Baumtabak, Strauchtabak
- Greek
- Αγριοκαπνός
- Hebrew
- טבק השיח
- Japanese
- キダチタバコ
- Latvian
- Pelēkā tabaka, Sinepjukoks
- Macedonian
- Дрвенест тутун
- mdf
- Табаконь шуфта
- Persian
- توتون درختچهای
- Polish
- Tytoń siny
- Quechua
- Hatun sayri, Q'aralawa, Supay qarqu
- Russian
- Табачное дерево, Табак древовидный, Табак сизый
- Southern Sotho
- Mohlafotha
- Spanish
- Palan palan, Palan palán, Palancho, Palán palán, Tabaco moro, Tabaco moruno
- Swedish
- Blåtobak
- Walloon
- Blåwe toubak, Glåwe toubak
Synonyms
- Acnistus virgatus Griseb.
- Nicotiana genuina Millán
- Nicotiana glauca f. genuina Millán
- Nicotiana glauca f. glauca
- Nicotiana glauca f. lateritia Lillo
- Nicotiana glauca var. angustifolia Comes
- Nicotiana glauca var. decurrens Comes
- Nicotiana glauca var. glauca
- Nicotiana glauca var. grandiflora Comes
- Nicotiana glauca var. typica Millán
- Nicotiana lateritia Lillo
- Nicotidendron glauca (Graham) Griseb.
- Siphaulax glabra Raf.
Flowers
- In flower
- all year (from 7,764 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, Pacific Basin: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: i_c_riddell, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Cesar Ormazabal, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: redrovertracy, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Leonel Roget, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Miwasatoshi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Frank Vincentz, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Downtowngal, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jesse Rorabaugh, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Syrio, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Malena Lorente, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Amelia Tauber, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.