Wild Cotton (Gossypium thurberi)

   
 

Flower; flowers and immature fruit, Chihuahuan Desert Gardens, Centennial Museum, University of Texas at El Paso. Photographs by A. H. Harris, 2 Oct 2002.

• Common English Names: Wild Cotton, Desert Cotton, Arizona Cotton
• Common Spanish Names: Algodoncillo
• Scientific Name: Gossypium thurberi (go-SIP-ee-um THUR-bur-eye)
• Family: Malvaceae (Mallow Family)
• Geographic Range: South-central to southeastern Arizona south into northern Mexico.
• Plant Form: Shrub up to 14' high.
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Last Update: 6 Jun 2004