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{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}
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|genus = Nicotiana
|species = langsdorffii
|authority = [[Weinm.]]
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'''''Nicotiana langsdorffii''''', '''Langsdorff's tobacco''',<ref>{{PLANTS|id=NILA|taxon=Nicotiana langsdorffii|accessdate=20 July 2015}}</ref> is a [[species]] of [[flowering plant]] in the nightshade [[family (botany)|family]] Solanaceae, [[native species|native]] to Brazil.
Growing to {{convert|1.5 |m|ft|abbr=on}} tall by {{convert| 0.5|m|ft|abbr=on}} broad, it is an [[annual plant]] with large sticky leaves up to 
{{convert| 10|in|cm|abbr=on}} long. It bears {{convert|2 |in|cm|abbr=on}} long, nodding, tubular bell-shaped flowers that are apple green in colour, with blue [[anthers]]. ''N. langsdorfii'' lacks fragrance, unlike some of the other tall species. It is grown as an [[ornamental garden plant]].<ref name=NGB>{{Cite web |url=http://www.northerngardening.com/NGB_articles/nicotiana.htm |title=The National Garden Bureau |access-date=2014-07-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150421084521/http://www.northerngardening.com/NGB_articles/nicotiana.htm |archive-date=2015-04-21 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Like other species in the genus, ''N. langsdorffii'' can cause severe discomfort and irritation if consumed.

This plant has gained the [[Royal Horticultural Society]]’s [[Award of Garden Merit]].<ref name="RHSPF">{{cite web |title=RHS Plantfinder - ''Nicotiana langsdorffii'' |url=https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/41818/i-Nicotiana-langsdorffii-i/Details |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180414011441/https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/41818/i-nicotiana-langsdorffii-i/details |archive-date=2018-04-14 |accessdate=13 April 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=July 2017 |title=AGM Plants - Ornamental |url=https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/pdfs/agm-lists/agm-ornamentals.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220530225109/https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/pdfs/agm-lists/agm-ornamentals.pdf |archive-date=2022-05-30 |publisher=[[Royal Horticultural Society]] |page=69 |accessdate=13 April 2018}}</ref>

== Etymology ==
The species name ''langsdorffii'' is in honour of [[Grigory Langsdorff|G. I. Langsdorff]], who was the Russian Consul in [[Rio de Janeiro]]. Langsdorf was responsible for an expedition to explore the interior of Brazil in the 1820s.<ref name=NGB/>

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[[Category:Tobacco]]
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