- Source: Gossypium australe
Gossypium australe is an endemic woody shrub, related to cotton, found in north western Australia. Preferring sandy soils near watercourses, it grows to about two or three feet tall.
The leaves are grey and hairy, oval to elliptic, 3 inches (8 cm) long and soft to the touch. Flowers are around 1–2 inches (3–5 cm) long and present a pale pink mauve 'rose' with a deeper shade at the centre.
Fruit are hairy, spherical and contain a bristly seed one-sixth inch (0.4 cm) long.
It is sometimes confused with Sturt's desert rose Gossypium sturtianum.
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Tanaman kapas
- Gossypium australe
- Gossypium
- Earias perhuegeli
- List of Australian plant species authored by Ferdinand von Mueller
- Flora of Malta
- List of flora of the Sonoran Desert Region by common name
