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Nicotiana repanda Willd. ex Lehm.

Fiddleleaf tobacco, Fiddle-Leaf Tobacco
Solanaceae (Potato Family)

USDA Symbol: NIRE
USDA Native Status: Native to U.S.

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Specimen & Label Data

Nicotinia repanda

Fiddleleaf Tobacco

Solonaceae

Location: 15 m S of Oakwell Farms Pky & 15 m E of Bitterblue Lane--Oakwell Farms.
 Latitude: 0.000000

Habitat: Shaded mornings/full sun afternoons. Nominal moisture. Level, deep, alkaline, alluvial soil. Among Poaceae and Ulmaceae.

Description: Annual, erect single stalk, to 90 cm tall. Loosely branched in upper half. Leaves thin, ovovate, ovate & commonly repand, to 10 x 20 cm, upper ones deeply cordate-clasping. Corolla a long tube (to 6 cm) flaring to a 4 cm limb, white, sometimes rose. Opens evenings.

County: Bexar
 Collector: Harry Cliffe
 Collection Date: Jul 11, 1987
 Specimen number: 353

Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
 Herbarium ID: 0563
 Accession Date: Nov 17, 1993
 Accession Number: 43

Annotations: SCFXB

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