Nicotiana sylvestris Speg. & Comes

Short-lived perennial, 1–2 m tall, strongly glandular-viscid. Stem lvs sessile, ± broad-elliptic, ± amplexicaul, puberulent, especially on veins; apex acute to abruptly acuminate; lower lvs to c. 50 × 30 cm, the upper much smaller. False raceme narrow, dense, with few branches; fls numerous, fragrant. Calyx 1.5–2 cm long; teeth 4–5 mm long, 4 narrow-triangular, 1 ovate, all short-acuminate. Corolla salverform, white; tube 6–8.5 cm long, ± fusiform; lobes 0.5–1.3 cm long, triangular-ovate, acute to short-acuminate, becoming somewhat reflexed. Capsule 1.5–2 cm long, ovoid. Seed 0.5–0.75 mm long, oblong or irregular, rugulose.

[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]

Flowering: Oct.–Apr.