Thurber's Cotton

Gossypium thurberi Todaro - Mallow family

Size

Mature Height: Up to around 6.0 feet

Plant Type: Tree, Shrub

Features

Flower Color: White, Red, Yellow

Bloom Time: Mid Summer, Late Summer, Fall

Ecosystem Interactions

Pollinators: Larval Host (Butterfly); Larval Host (Moth)

Larval Species depending on Thurber's Cotton: Alabama argillacea, Anavitrinella pampinaria, Anomis erosa, Bucculatrix thurberiella, Citheronia splendens sinaloensis, Crocidosema plebejana, Elasmopalpus lignosellus, Euzophera semifuneralis, Helicoverpa zea, Homoeosoma electella, Loxostege sticticalis, Moodna ostrinella, Omiodes simialis, Pectinophora gossypiella, Platyedra subcinerea, Platynota flavedana, Pyroderces badia, Pyroderces rileyi, Schreckensteinia deflecta, Spodoptera frugiperda, Thorybes diffusa

Native Range

USA: Arizona
MEX: Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest

Regional Native Status: L48 (N)

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.