Lower Risk

Gossypium sturtianum (Sturt's Desert Rose)

(Cienfuegosia gossypioides, Gossypium australiense, Gossypium gossypioides, Gossypium nandewarense, Gossypium sturtianum var. Nandewarense, Gossypium sturtianum var. Trilobum, Gossypium sturtii, Gossypium sturtii var. trilobum)

This small Australian shrub grows up to 2m high and features mauve flowers. It is native to WA, NT, SA, QLD, and NSW, and grows naturally in sandy and gravelly soils, along dry creek beds, watercourses, gorges and rocky slopes. It is easily propagated from either cuttings or seeds. It has been in the Australian ornamental plant trade since 1873 and is not known to have naturalised outside of its native range nor become invasive anywhere.