Nicotiana glauca Graham

Shrub 2–3–(6) m tall, glabrous except for fls. Petiole to 4–7 cm long, slender, unwinged. Lamina 3–8–(14) × 1–4–(9.5) cm (sometimes much larger in cultivation and on basal vegetative shoots), ovate-lanceolate, elliptic or obovate; base cuneate; apex acute or short-acuminate. Panicle open; fls to c. 20, not fragrant. Calyx 1–1.3 cm long; teeth 3–5 mm long, equal, triangular-acuminate, ciliate. Corolla 3.5–4 cm long, tubular, densely puberulent outside, yellow; lobes very shallow, c. 3 mm long, not reflexed, apiculate. Capsule c. 1 cm long, broadly ellipsoid. Seed 0.5–0.75 mm long, oblong, rugosely reticulate.

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

Flowering: Nov.–Mar.