• Family : Solanaceae
  (NIGHTSHADE FAMILY)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : Solanaceae
• Synonym(s) : Nicotiana pusilla L.
• Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Nicotiana plumbaginifolia Viv.
• Common name : Tex-Mex Tobacco
• Vernacular name : जंगली तंबाकू Jangli Tambakoo (Hindi)
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Naturalized along roadsides, canal banks, moist waste situations and cultivable ground
• Comments / notes : An Introduced weed from Mexico and West Indies
• Native : Mexico to Guatemala
• World Distribution : Guatemala, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest and Introduced into Andaman Is., Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Assam, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Cuba, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Egypt, Honduras, India, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Paraguay, Peru, Réunion, Taiwan, Trinidad-Tobago, West Himalaya
• Literature : Maheshwari K.J (1963). Flora of Delhi: 242
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Nicotiana plumbaginifolia. Downloaded on 29 November 2020.

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