Bougainvillea glabra
Bougainvillea
Nyctaginaceae Family
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of the University of Arizona Pima County Cooperative Extension.
Paper Flower (Bougainvillea glabra), also known as lesser bougainvillea, is the most common species used for bonsai. It has shiny green, slightly hairy leaves and magenta colored bracts.
Plant of the Week: Bougainvillea glabra
Paper Flower
Nyctaginaceae
Bougainvillea was named after the world traveler, Louis de Bougainville, who discovered it in Brazil in 1790 and brought it to Europe where it became both wide spread and popular.
Bougainvillea glabra 'Sanderiana'
Genus: Bougainvillea
Species: glabra
Cultivar: 'Sanderiana' ...
Bougainvillea glabra is the easiest to grow indoors and has long been a popular house plant. In fact, it thrives in a pot or hanging basket as long as you can meet its need for sunlight.
Bougainvillea glabra
Trees and Shrubs, Plants of Home and Garden, Bonsai ...
Bougainvillea glabra Chois.
Genus of 14 species of evergreen shrubs and trees, and evergreen and partly deciduous, sometimes thorny climbers, from forest and thickets in tropical and subtropical South America.
Bougainvillea glabra
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Brazil, Bougainvillea Glabra, Four-o Clock Family, Family Nyctaginaceae, South America, Pest
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Lesser Bouganvillea [English]: Bougainvillea glabra
Lesser Broomrape [English]: Orobanche minor
Lesser Brown Sedge [English]: Carex adusta
Lesser Bulrush [English]: Typha angustifolia
Lesser Burdock [English]: Arctium minus ...
Bougainvillea glabra has papery bracts in vivid cerise or mauve-pink that appear in spring or summer.
Brazilian Plume Flower, Justicia carnea, has small bright pink flowers that appear in large clusters.
- Bougainvillea glabra: paper flower, lesser bougainvillea - the most common species used for bonsai. It has shiny green, slightly hairy leaves and magenta colored bracts.
- Bougainvillea glabra 'Magnifica' - rose pink bracts.
Bougainvillea glabra (Bougainvillea)
Bougainvillea 'La Jolla'
Bougainvillea 'Raspberry Ice'
Bougainvillea 'Rosenka'
Bougainvillea 'San Diego'
Bougainvillea spectabilis
Bougainvillea 'Superstition Gold (TM)'
Bougainvillea 'Torch Glow' ...
 See also: Asclepias, Aristolochia, Trachelospermum, Agave Attenuata, Carissa
  
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