Merremia peltata (Thespesia lampas)
Description
Gossypium thurberi, also known as Arizona wild cotton, Thurber's cotton, or Desert Cotton, is a wild species of cotton. t is native to the Sonoran desert area of northern Mexico and parts of the state of Arizona in the United States. It is often used in some southern Arizona landscapes as a deciduous shrub to small tree to 10 feet (3.0 m) tall. It is used as a larval food plant for the royal moth. Their flowers are not showy, but the palm-shaped green leaves turn maroon in autumn.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Phylum: Magnoliophyta
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Malvales
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Family: Malvaceae
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Genus: Thespesia
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