Gossypium thurberi

Desert cotton
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Eudicots
Clade:Rosids
Order:Malvales
Family:Malvaceae
Genus:Gossypium
Species: G. thurberi
Binomial name
Gossypium thurberi
Synonyms
  • Thurberia thespesioides A.Gray

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

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 state of Arizona in the United States.[3] It is often used in some southern Arizona landscapes as a deciduous shrub to small tree to 10 feet (3.0 m) tall. It is used as a larval food plant for the royal moth (Citheronia splendens sinaloensis).[4]

References

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