| Desert cotton | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Malvales |
| Family: | Malvaceae |
| Tribe: | Gossypieae |
| Genus: | Gossypium |
| Species: | G. thurberi |
| Binomial name | |
| Gossypium thurberi |
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Desert cotton (Gossypium thurberi), also known as Arizona wild cotton and Thurber's cotton, is a wild species of cotton native to the Sonoran desert area of northern Mexico and parts of the state of Arizona in the United States.