Gossypium thurberi Tod.

Thurber's cotton (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Malvales > Malvaceae > Gossypium

Characteristics

Plants 2 m, freely branching. Stems 5-angular when young, glabrate. Leaves: stipules linear, 5–10 mm; petiole quadrangular, 1/2–3/4 as long as blade; blade deeply 3–5-lobed, lobes narrowly lanceolate (4+ times as long as wide), 5–15 cm, membranous, base subcordate, apex long-acuminate, surfaces glabrate. Inflorescences: flowers sympodial. Pedicels 1–3 cm, with 3 prominent nectaries; involucellar bractlets persistent, ligulate, 0.8–1.2 cm, margins entire or apically few-toothed. Flowers: calyx 3 mm, apex truncate; petals cream, with red spot at base, sometimes spot absent, 1.5–2.5 cm; staminal column 9 mm, glabrous; style slightly exceeding androecium; stigmas 3–5. Capsules 3-locular, subglobose to oblong, 1–1.5 cm, punctate, externally glabrous, internally ciliate. Seeds 3–4 mm, glabrous or glabrate. 2n = 26.
Life form perennial
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Foliage retention deciduous
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Mature height (meter) 2.0
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-11

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Images

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Distribution

Gossypium thurberi world distribution map, present in Mexico and United States of America

Conservation status

Gossypium thurberi threat status: Endangered

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:64045-3
WFO ID wfo-0000708114
COL ID 3H4F3
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Synonyms

Gossypium thurberi Thurberia thespesioides