Gossypium_thurberi

<i>Gossypium thurberi</i>

Gossypium thurberi

Species of flowering plant in the mallow family Malvaceae

Gossypium thurberi, also known as Arizona wild cotton, Thurber's cotton, or desert cotton, is a wild species of cotton.[1]

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Description

Their flowers are not showy, but the palm-shaped green leaves turn maroon in autumn.[2]

Distribution

It is native to the Sonoran Desert area of northern Mexico and parts of the US state of Arizona.[3] It is often used in southern Arizona landscapes as a deciduous shrub to small tree up to 10 feet (3.0 m) tall. It is a larval food plant for the royal moth (Citheronia splendens sinaloensis).[4]

References

  1. [1]
    Fryxell, P. A. 1992. A revised taxonomic interpretation of Gossypium L. (Malvaceae). Rheedea 2:136.
  2. [2]
    Fryxell, P. A. 1976. A nomenclator of Gossypium. The botanical names of cotton. Techn. Bull. U.S.D.A. 1491:73.
  3. [3]
    USDA - Gossypium thurberi
  4. [4]
    Soule, J.A. 2012. Butterfly Gardening in Southern Arizona. Tierra del Soule Press, Tucson, AZ


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