STURT'S DESERT ROSE

Gossypium sturtianum

Australian Native Hibiscus

Gossypium.....

From the Latin gossypion referring to Pliny's cotton tree...

Gossypium arboretum.

Sturtianum...

After English explorer Charles Sturt (1795-1869), who first collected the plant.

Its Hibiscus-like flowers appear throughout the year...

With the most profuse flowering in late winter.

We have just enjoyed this profuseness until now...

But it is still budding in all nature's perfection....

As seen here.

It is also the floral emblem of the Northern Territory.