Malvaceae
Cotton
Gossypium hirsutum
- Family
- Malvaceae
- Genus
- Gossypium
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Common names
By language (8)
- Burmese
- ဝါပင်
- Catalan
- Upland Cotton
- Chinese
- 墨西哥棉, 大陆棉, 棉花, 棉花壳, 棉花子, 棉花根, 棉花油, 美棉
- English
- Cotton, Upland cotton, Mexican cotton
- Finnish
- Teksasinpuuvilla
- Polish
- Bawełna zwyczajna
- shn
- မၢၵ်ႇၵုၺ်, ၵုၺ်
- Spanish
- Algodon, Sarobei, Hibiscus religiosus
Synonyms
- Gossypium barbadense var. hirsutum (L.) Triana & Planch.
- Gossypium barbadense var. hirsutum (L.) Hook.f. & Benth.
- Gossypium herbaceum var. hirsutum (L.) Mast.
- Xylon hirsutum (L.) Medik.
Flowers
- In flower
- September, November to May (from 104 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Subshrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Annual, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: native, Pacific Basin: native, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Matt Berger, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Joshua Ebright, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Alex Heyman, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Ashwin Srinivasan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Lauren McLaurin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Daniel Cahen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: ChriKo, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Drew Avery, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Drew Avery, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Вячеслав Юсупов, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: adel-fridus, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.