Gossypium herbaceum
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Gossypium herbaceum, commonly known as Levant cotton, is a species of cotton native to semi-arid regions of Southern Africa, as well as from Syria to Afghanistan, where it still grows perennially in t
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Axillary flower
Pollen grain of Gossypium herbaceum
Calyx and immature fruit
Nectar
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Nectar is a viscous, sugar-rich liquid produced by plants in glands called nectaries, either within the flowers with which it attracts pollinating animals, or by extrafloral nectaries, which provide a
Gossypium herbaceum
…that grow 60 to 180 centimetres (2 to 6 ft) high with wide, hairy leaves. Their flowers are small and yellow with a purple center. The plant exhibits extrafloral nectaries (calyculal nectaria, found on the receptacle, near the base of the calyculus). When ripe and in warm weather, the flower capsule will burst and expose…
Nectar of camellia
Orange-yellow nectaries and greenish nectar in buckwheat flowers
An Australian painted lady feeding on a flower's nectar
Gymnadenia conopsea flowers with nectar-filled spur