Malvaceae
Sturt's desert rose
Gossypium sturtianum
- Family
- Malvaceae
- Genus
- Gossypium
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Common names
By language (7)
- Arabic
- قطن ستورتي
- arz
- قطن ستورتى
- Chinese
- 澳洲野生棉
- English
- Sturt's desert rose, Cotton rosebush, Darling River rose
- Hungarian
- Sivatagi rózsa
- Japanese
- スタート・デザート・ローズ
- Russian
- Хлопчатник Стёрта
Synonyms
- Cienfuegosia gossypioides Hochr.
- Gossypium australiense Tod.
- Gossypium gossypioides (R.Br.) C.A.Gardner
- Gossypium sturtii F.Muell.
- Sturtia gossypioides R.Br.
Photos
Photo: Mark Marathon, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mark Marathon, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mark Marathon, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mark Marathon, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mark Marathon, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mark Marathon, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.