Wild cotton

Family: Apocynaceae
Scientific name: Gomphocarpus cancellatus
Description: Plant Form: Erect perennial shrub. Size: Up to 1 m tall. Stem: Stout, hairy. Leaves: Oval to oblong-shaped. 3-7 cm long. With thickened, leathery edges. Hairless except for on veins and edges. Flowers: White, with purplish hairy tube-like lobes. With hairy oval-shaped white sepals beneath. In clusters of 6-20. Fruit and Seeds: Inflated sac-like 7-9 cm long and oval-shaped tapering to a pointed end. Hairy and with a sparse covering of soft spines about 5 mm long. Habitat: Roadsides, rocky hillsides, waste areas. Weed Status: Other Weed Weed Type: Environmental, Invasive Garden Escapee Lifeform: Herbaceous

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