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Gossypium anomalum
Gossypium anomalum is a shrubby wild cotton native to dry parts of southern Africa, from Angola to Namibia. It is a crop wild relative of cultivated cotton and needs full sun, warmth and very little water.
Gossypium anomalum is a species of wild cotton in the family Malvaceae, native to drier parts of Africa. A crop wild relative of cultivated cotton, its genome has been sequenced.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Gossypium anomalum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
