Gossypium australe

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name = Gossypium australe


regnum = Plantae
unranked_divisio = Angiosperms
unranked_classis = Eudicots
unranked_ordo = Rosids
ordo = Malvales
familia = Malvaceae
genus = "Gossypium"
species = "G. australe"
binomial = "Gossypium australe"
binomial_authority = F.Muell [cite web
url = http://florabase.calm.wa.gov.au/browse/flora?f=221&level=s&id=4910&PHPSESSID=acc6562ca10f0b1aa556be7cc5cb54ab
title = Gossypium australe F.Muell.Native Cotton
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last = Paczkowska
first = Grazyna
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date = 1996-09-19
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publisher = Florabase, Department of Environment and Conservation
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quote = Gossypium australe. F.Muell. (Native Cotton) Fragm. 1:46 (1858) ] |

"Gossypium australe" is an endemic woody shrub, related to cotton, found in north western Australia. 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 long and soft to the touch. Flowers are around 1 - 2 inches 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 of an inch long.cite book |last=Chippendale |first=Thelma M |authorlink= |coauthors=Chippendale, George |others= |title=Wildflowers of Central Australia |origdate= |origyear=1968 |origmonth= |edition=Axiom books, Hong Kong |series= |date= |year=1980 |month= |publisher=The Jacaranda Press |location=West Perth |language= |isbn=0 7016 0279 1 |pages=56-57 |chapter= |quote="Gossypium", from the arabic for softness; "australe", Australian ,]

It is sometimes confused with Sturt's Desert Rose "Gossypium sturtianum".

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