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NICOTIANA ALATA [1 record]

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Record 1 2016-09-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
Universal entry(ies)
Nicotiana alata
Latin
CONT

The flowers of the original flowering tobacco are very fragrant and open at night. During the day, the night flowering varieties might look weedy.

OBS

Named for Jean Nicot, French consul to Portugal, who first presented tobacco to the courts of Portugal and France.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Nicotiana alata
Latin
CONT

La liste des semis de fleurs à faire en mars comprend l'alysse, l'impatiente, le muflier, l'oeillet, l'oeillet d'Inde, le pourpier, le pyrèthre, la reine-marguerite, la rose trémière, la rudbeckie, la sauge, le tabac odorant (Nicotiana) et le zinnia.

CONT

La sauge pousse bien dans un endroit légèrement ombragé tandis que la nicotiana ou tabac odorant prospère aussi bien dans un emplacement partiellement ombragé qu'en plein soleil.

Spanish

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