Nicotiana glauca Graham
A hairless, evergreen shrub or small tree to 4 m tall. Leaves ovate to elliptical, glaucous. Lower leaves to 20 cm long, the upper ones to 8 cm long. Flowers yellow, tubular with 5 small lobes, densely hairy outside, 3cm to 5 cm long, in branched, leafless terminal clusters.
Local: Very common and widespread throughout Gibraltar. Found mainly along the East Side and southern coastal areas, on disturbed and waste ground, and on old walls in urban areas.
Global: A native of South America; introduced and naturalised. Found in the Mediterranean region and in the Canary Islands.
Flowers virtually all year round but mainly between March, April, May, June, July, August, September and October.
Found in disturbed and waste ground; old walls.
Poisonous
A poisonous plant, but the crushed leaves have been used to soothe scalds and burns and other open wounds.