Gossypium thurberi
Gossypium thurberi, also known as Arizona wild cotton, Thurber's cotton, or desert cotton, is a wild species of cotton. Description Their flowers are not showy, but the palm-shaped green leaves turn maroon in autumn. Distribution It is native to the Sonoran Desert area of northern Mexico and parts of the US state of Arizona. It is often used in southern Arizona landscapes as a deciduous shrub to small tree up to tall. It is a larval food plant for the royal moth (Citheronia splendens sinaloensis). References External links USDA - Gossypium thurberi thurberi