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Bougainvillea

Description:

Photo take near home in a neighbors house. this particular one has this beautiful pink orange colors one of the most common plants in all México. Different authors accept between four and 18 species in the genusThey are thorny, woody vines growing anywhere from 1 to 12 meters tall, scrambling over other plants with their spiky thorns. The thorns are tipped with a black, waxy substance. They are evergreen where rainfall occurs all year, or deciduous if there is a dry season. The leaves are alternate, simple ovate-acuminate, 4-13 cm long and 2-6 cm broad. The actual flower of the plant is small and generally white, but each cluster of three flowers is surrounded by three or six bracts with the bright colours associated with the plant, including pink, magenta, purple, red, orange, white, or yellow.

Habitat:

Is a genus of flowering plants native to South America from Brazil west to Peru and south to southern Argentina



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2 Comments

Gerardo Aizpuru
Gerardo Aizpuru 11 months ago

Thanks Alice i love this color i just still a peace of it to plant it in my garden!

alicelongmartin
alicelongmartin 11 months ago

Lovely color!

Mexico

Lat: 20.85, Long: -86.88

Spotted on Jun 16, 2012
Submitted on Jun 16, 2012

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