Upland Cotton
Gossypium hirsutum L. - Mallow familySize
Mature Height: Up to around 6.0 feet
Plant Type: Tree, Subshrub, Shrub
Features
Flower Color: White, Red, Yellow
Bloom Time: Winter, Early Spring, Mid Spring, Late Spring, Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer, Fall
Ecosystem Interactions
Pollinators: Larval Host (Butterfly); Larval Host (Moth)
Larval Species depending on Upland Cotton: Achyra rantalis, Agrotis ipsilon, Alabama argillacea, Anomis flava, Argyrogramma verruca, Automeris io io, Calycopis cecrops, Citheronia regalis, Eacles imperialis, Ephestiodes gilvescentella, Euxoa auxilaris, Euzophera semifuneralis, Grammia arge , Helicoverpa zea, Heliothis virescens, Hyles lineata, Hyphantria cunae, Hypsoropha hormos, Moodna ostrinella, Orgyia leucostigma, Papaipema nebris, Peridroma saucia, Platynota flavedana, Platynota nigrocervina, Platynota rostrana, Platynota stultana, Pseudoplusia includens, Spilosoma virginica, Spodoptera dolichos, Spodoptera eridania, Spodoptera exigua, Spodoptera frugiperda, Spodoptera ornithogalli, Spodoptera praefica, Trichoplusia ni
Native Range
- MEX: Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest
State-level native status is based on data available through Plants of the World Online. Regional Native Status comes from the USDA Plants Database. For more detailed native status information, please refer to BONAP.