About Nicotiana acuminata (Graham) Hook.
Nicotiana acuminata (Graham) Hook. is a species of wild tobacco with the English common name manyflower tobacco. It is native to Argentina and Chile, and has been introduced to other continents including North America and Australia. It is an annual herb that can reach over one meter in maximum height. Its leaf blades can grow up to 25 centimeters long, and are borne on petioles. The inflorescence holds several white or green-tinged flowers with tubular throats up to 4 centimeters long; the flower bases are enclosed in green-striped sepals. This plant was first described by Robert Graham in 1828 under the name Petunia acuminata, then transferred to the genus Nicotiana in 1829 by William Jackson Hooker. In On The Origin of Species, Charles Darwin noted that N. acuminata is not a particularly distinct species, and failed to fertilize or be fertilized by no less than eight other Nicotiana species.
