Gossypium thurberi

Gossypium thurberi, also known as Arizona wild cotton, Thurber's cotton, or desert cotton, is a wild species of cotton.^[1]

Desert cotton
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malvales
Family:	Malvaceae
Genus:	Gossypium
Species:	G. thurberi
Binomial name
Gossypium thurberi Tod.
Synonyms
Thurberia thespesioides A.Gray

Description

Their flowers are not showy, but the palm-shaped green leaves turn maroon in autumn.^[2]

Distribution

It is native to the Sonoran Desert area of northern Mexico and parts of the US state of Arizona.^[3] It is often used in southern Arizona landscapes as a deciduous shrub to small tree up to 10 feet (3.0 m) tall. It is a larval food plant for the royal moth (Citheronia splendens sinaloensis).^[4]