Gossypium londonderriense Fryxell, Craven & J.M.Stewart

Scientific Description

Shrub, with hairy stems. Leaves 70-100 mm long, 100-130 mm wide, not lobed; margins entire; hairy, with Simple hairs (without tubercle bases)with scales absent, Sessile glands present; stipules present but early deciduous (only visible on youngest leaves), 5-8 mm long. Perianth clearly of two whorls (calyx and corolla), the corolla obvious and prominent. Pedicel present, 10-30 mm long; indumentum present, with simple hairs, with scales absent. Epicalyx (extra segments or 'bracteoles' immediately below the calyx) present, 7-12 mm long, the lobes free, indumentum present, simple hairs (without tubercle bases) presentwith scales absent, Sessile glands absent. Calyx green, 12-18 mm long, the lobes fused less than half their length, Sessile glands present, stellate hairs present, scales absent, Terminal appendages absent, number of ribs absent. Corolla white or pink, 40-45 mm long, hairs or scales present, simple hairs (without tubercle bases) absent, stellate hairs present, tubercle-based simple hairs absent, gland-tipped hairs absent, scales absent. Indumentum (outside) Sessile glands absent. Stamens many, united and arising from a staminal tube around the style; filaments present, 0.7-1.2 mm long; anthers 0.8-1 mm long, indumentum absent (anthers glabrous). Staminodes absent, appendages absent. Ovary hairs and scales absent (ovary quite glabrous); style 1, with a lobed or capitate stigma, 7-8 mm long, with one style branches or lobes, mostly glabrous, wing absent. Flowering time May or June. Distribution Botanical Province Northern, IBRA Bioregion North Kimberley. Conservation Code Priority One (P1).