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Gossypium exiguum Fryxell, Craven & J.M.Stewart
A small prostrate plant from the north west Kimberley coast. The species is described in the article below.

Gossypium exiguum Gossypium  exiguum
 
  Description:Flower Description:Flower and heart shaped (dusty) leaves
  Location:Mitchell Falls Road, West Kimberleys, Western Australia Location:Mitchell Falls Road, West Kimberleys, Western Australia
GPS coordinates:14˚49.0770S, 125°45.1614E GPS coordinates:14˚49.0770S, 125°45.1614E
  Date of photo:17 July 2016 Date of photo:17 July 2016
  Field No.:5080A Field No.:5080A
     
  Gossypium exiguum Gossypium  exiguum
  Description:Flower - side view Description:Plant in dusty habitat
  Location:Mitchell Falls Road, West Kimberleys, Western Australia Location:Mitchell Falls Road, West Kimberleys, Western Australia
  GPS coordinates:14˚49.0770S, 125°45.1614E GPS coordinates:14˚49.0770S, 125°45.1614E
  Date of photo:17 July 2016 Date of photo:17 July 2016
  Field No.:5080A Field No.:5080A
     

 

References (accessed 16 November 2016):

 Fryxell, P.A., Craven, L.A. & Stewart, J.McD. (1992), A revision of Gossypium sect. Grandicalyx (Malvaceae), including the description of six new species. Systematic Botany 17(1):98

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