What is Gossypium sturtianum?
{{Italictitle}} [[Image:Sturts Desert Rose.jpg|thumb|220px|right|''Gossypium sturtianum'', Sturt's Desert Rose]] '''''Gossypium sturtianum'',''' commonly called ''Sturt's Desert Rose'', is the floral emblem of the [[Northern Territory]].<ref name=nt>{{cite web |url=http://www.anbg.gov.au/emblems/nt.emblem.html |title=Floral Emblem of Northern Territory |accessdate=2008-12-13 |format= |work= Australian National Botanic Gardens}}</ref> It was named after explorer [[Charles Sturt]] who found the plant in creeks near the site of [[Broken Hill, New South Wales]] in 1844. He collected the seeds and brought them back for Robert Brown (1773-1858), a Scottish [[botanist]], to study.<ref name=nt/> A stylized drawing of the flower is used on the Northern Territory's flag. [[Image:Flag of the Northern Territory.svg|thumb|220px|right|Northern Territory flag]] ==References== {{reflist}} {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Plants of Australia]] [[Category:Malvaceae]]