Gossypium thurberi, also known as Arizona wild cotton, Thurber's cotton, or desert cotton, is a wild species of cotton.Fryxell, P. A. 1992. A revised taxonomic interpretation of Gossypium L. (Malvaceae). Rheedea 2:136.
Description Their flowers are not showy, but the palm-shaped green leaves turn maroon in autumn.Fryxell, P. A. 1976. A nomenclator of Gossypium. The botanical names of cotton. Techn. Bull. U.S.D.A. 1491:73.
Distribution It is native to the Sonoran Desert area of northern Mexico and parts of the US state of Arizona.USDA - Gossypium thurberi It is often used in southern Arizona landscapes as a deciduous shrub to small tree up to tall. It is a larval food plant for the royal moth (Citheronia splendens sinaloensis).Soule, J.A. 2012. Butterfly Gardening in Southern Arizona. Tierra del Soule Press, Tucson, AZ
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External links USDA - Gossypium thurberi