Native Tobacco
Alice Springs Desert Park
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Found growing in sand, loam or clay along water courses, Nicotiana megalosiphon subspecies sessilifolia occurs in the arid region of the Northern Territory, north of Alice Springs and extending to western Queensland.
Belonging to the family Solanaceae, commonly known as Native Tobacco (Nicotiana megalosiphon) and subspecies sessilifolia, it is herb that grows up to 90 cm and densely pubescent with glandular hairs.
Nicotiana megalosiphon subspecies sessilifolia have leaves that are on stalks, rather then clasping the stems as is with the similar Nicotiana gossei.
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Plantae
- Phylum: Charophyta
- Class: Equisetopsida
- Subclass: Magnoliidae
- Superorder: Asteranae
- Order: Solanales
- Family: Solanaceae
- Genus: Nicotiana
- Species: Nicotiana megalosiphon
- Subspecies: Nicotiana megalosiphon subsp. sessilifolia
Footnote & References
- Nicotiana megalosiphon subsp. sessilifolia P.Horton, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://id.biodiversity.org.au/node/apni/2915795
- Nicotiana megalosiphon subsp. sessilifolia, eFloraSA, http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/efsa/lucid/Solanaceae/Nicotiana%20species/key/Australian%20Nicotiana%20species/Media/Html/Nicotiana_megalosiphon_subsp._sessilifolia.htm
- Volume 29 Solanaceae, Flora of Australia, https://www.dcceew.gov.au/sites/default/files/env/pages/94a0be92-9b0b-42f6-b37e-b3c0798f94fa/files/flora-australia-29-solanaceae.pdf
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