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Gossypium australe

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Gossypium australe
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Genus: Gossypium
Species:
G. australe
Binomial name
Gossypium australe

Gossypium australe is an endemic woody shrub, related to cotton, found across a broad swath of northern Australia from West Australia to Queensland.[2] 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.[3]

It is sometimes confused with Sturt's desert rose Gossypium sturtianum.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Paczkowska, Grazyna (19 September 1996). "Gossypium australe F.Muell.Native Cotton". Florabase, Department of Environment and Conservation. Archived from the original on 5 April 2011. Retrieved 18 March 2007. Gossypium australe. F.Muell. (Native Cotton) Fragm. 1:46 (1858)
  2. ^ Australia, Atlas of Living. "Species: Gossypium australe (Rose Cottonbush)". bie.ala.org.au. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
  3. ^ a b Chippendale, Thelma M; Chippendale, George (1980) [1968]. Wildflowers of Central Australia (Axiom books, Hong Kong ed.). West Perth: The Jacaranda Press. pp. 56–57. ISBN 0-7016-0279-1. Gossypium, from the Arabic for softness; australe, Australian,