Australian GossypiumGossypium australe Gossypium bickii
Gossypium australe resides in the genus Gossypium, subgenus Sturtia, and one of three species belonging to the section Hibiscoidea. Gossypium australe together with Gossypium bickii, and Gossypium nelsonii belong to the G-genome species.1
Commonly known as Native Cotton Bush or Native Desert Rose.
A shrub that grows to 1-2 m tall, with soft silky hairy covering. The leaves are elliptic to ovate. The epicalyx has three narrow leaves that hang loose at the base. The seed capsule is covered with soft hairs, the seed hairs are straight and bristly.
The flowers are pale lilac-mauve to pink colour with a dark purple-red throat.
Like most of the Gossypium species, they are a popular flowering plant for native insects. During peak flowering season, the flower can be buzzing with bees, insects and even spiders in search of prey.
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Plantae
- Phylum: Charophyta
- Class: Equisetopsida
- Subclass: Magnoliidae
- Superorder: Rosanae
- Order: Malvales
- Family: Malvaceae
- Genus: Gossypium
- Subgenus: Sturtia
- Section: Hibiscoidea
- Gossypium australe
- Gossypium bickii
- Gossypium nelsonii
- Section: Hibiscoidea
- Subgenus: Sturtia
Footnote & References
- Cotton Molecular Genetics, Australian National Botanic Gardens, https://www.anbg.gov.au/cpbr/program/sc/cotton_mole.htm
- Wildflowers & Plants of Inland Australia, by Anne Urban, G bickii p122
- Gossypium australe F.Muell., Australian Desert Plants – Malvaceae, http://www.northqueenslandplants.com/Australian%20Plant%20Families%20G-M/Malvaceae/Gossypium/Gossypium%20australe.html
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