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|familia=Malvaceae
|genus=Gossypium
|genus=Gossypium
|species=australe
|species=australe
|usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381
|usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381
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|image=Gossypium_australe.jpg
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'''''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.<ref name=Chippendale>{{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 }},</ref>
It is sometimes confused with Sturt's Desert Rose ''[[Gossypium sturtianum]]''.<ref name=Chippendale/>
==Cultivation==
==Cultivation==