Bougainvillea glabra
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Bougainvillea glabra, the lesser bougainvillea or paperflower, is the most common species of bougainvillea used for bonsai. The epithet 'glabra' comes from Latin and means "bald".
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Paperflower—Bougainvillea glabra
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In botany, a bract is a modified or specialized leaf, associated with a reproductive structure such as a flower, inflorescence axis or cone scale. Bracts are usually different from foliage leaves in s
Bougainvillea glabra
…or briefly pointed, 5 to 13 centimeters long and 3 to 6 centimeters wide, sparsely fluffy hairy on the underside and bald on the top. The leaf-like bracts are purple, oblong or elliptical, pointed, 65–90 mm (2+1⁄2–3+1⁄2 in) long and about 50 mm (2 in) wide. They tower over the flowers. These grow individually…
Papery (upper) and leafy bracts on Rhinanthus minor (hay rattle). All the "leaves" in this image are bracts.
The yellow bracts of Castilleja levisecta press tight against the stem.
The bracts of Bougainvillea glabra, differ in colour from leaves and attract pollinators.
Bracts along a banana flower stalk surround rows of flowers