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Upland Cotton
Upland Cotton
Gossypium hirsutum
Plantae
VULNERABLE

Stats

Lifespan
Perennial
Size
Medium
Diet
Photosynthetic
Biome
Tropical savanna
Range
The Americas
Movement
Sessile
Breeding
Seeds
Defense
Toxins
Status
Vulnerable

About

This shrub grows in the tropical scrublands of Mexico and the Caribbean. Its seed pods burst open to reveal thousands of tiny, hooked fibers that catch the wind.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    seed
    A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
  2. 2.
    sprout
    A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
  3. 3.
    sapling
    A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
  4. 4.
    mature
    Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Malvales
Family
Malvaceae
Genus
Gossypium
Species
Gossypium hirsutum