Cotton
गॉसिपियम हिरसुटम
Gossypium hirsutum L.
- light
- Full sun
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 1.5 m
- wide
- —
Malvaceae
Also called Upland cotton
Formerly Xylon hirsutum
When it flowers
JFMAMJJASOND
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
PetsNo pet-safety information yet
PeopleNo safety information yet
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- ShrubKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Seasonally dry tropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Pacific, Mexico to Ecuador and NE. BrazilKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun (6 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 1.5 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- White, yellowRead from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: spread, coldest it survives, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (5)
- Chinese
- 棉花, 棉花壳, 棉花子
- Spanish
- algodon, sarobei
- Finnish
- Teksasinpuuvilla
- Simplified Chinese
- 墨西哥棉, 大陆棉, 美棉
- Hindi
- गॉसिपियम हिरसुटम
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, Public domain
- 3D model: Gossypium hirsutum (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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