Nicotiana velutina H.-M.Wheeler APNI* Synonyms: Nicotiana suaveolens var. parviflora Benth. APNI*
Description: Herb to 1.5 m high, variably pubescent with glandular and non-glandular hairs.
Leaves radical and cauline or mostly radical, usually elliptic, mostly to 20 cm long and to 8 cm wide; petiole to 15 cm long, usually narrowly winged, base occasionally stem-clasping; the upper ones lanceolate or linear and often sessile.
Inflorescences panicle-like, usually few-branched. Calyx 5–17 mm long. Corolla tube 11–35 mm long, 1–5 mm wide at top of calyx, distinctly narrowed at base; limb 7–30 mm diam., lobes obtuse or notched. Upper 4 anthers at about the same level, filaments ≤ 3.5 mm long.
Capsule ellipsoid to ovoid-ellipsoid, 5–11 mm long.
Flowering: most of year, especially spring.
Distribution and occurrence: Common on sand dunes and river sand banks, west from Coonamble area.
NSW subdivisions: NWS, NWP, SWP, NFWP, SFWP
Other Australian states: Qld Vic. S.A. N.T.
Text by B. J. Conn
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 3 (1992)
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