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| {{SPlantbox | | {{SPlantbox |
| + | |familia=Malvaceae |
| |genus=Gossypium | | |genus=Gossypium |
| |species=australe | | |species=australe |
| + | |common_name=Australian Wild Cotton |
| + | |name_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381 |
| |habit=shrub | | |habit=shrub |
| |habit_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381 | | |habit_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381 |
− | |Min ht box=6 | + | |Max ht box=6 |
− | |Min ht metric=ft | + | |Max ht metric=ft |
| |height_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381 | | |height_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381 |
− | |Min wd box=6 | + | |Max wd box=6 |
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| |width_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381 | | |width_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381 |
| + | |lifespan=perennial |
| + | |life_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381 |
| |exposure=sun | | |exposure=sun |
| |sun_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381 | | |sun_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381 |
| + | |features=flowers |
| |flower_season=early spring, mid spring, late spring, early winter, mid winter, late winter | | |flower_season=early spring, mid spring, late spring, early winter, mid winter, late winter |
| |flower_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381 | | |flower_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381 |
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| |usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381 | | |usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381 |
| |max_zone=12 | | |max_zone=12 |
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− | Describe the plant here...
| + | '''''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. |
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| + | 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. |
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| + | 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> |
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| + | It is sometimes confused with Sturt's Desert Rose ''[[Gossypium sturtianum]]''.<ref name=Chippendale/> |
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| ==Cultivation== | | ==Cultivation== |