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Bougainvillea Bougainvillea x buttiana

Bougainvillea x buttiana

Description:

leaf like flower, purple color

Habitat:

Landscapes,gardens

Notes:

they come inmany colors and the stems have nasty thorns

1 Species ID Suggestions

C.Sydes
C.Sydes 11 years ago
Bougainvillea
Bougainvillea x buttiana


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2 Comments

C.Sydes
C.Sydes 11 years ago

So right to call it "leafy" because that's what those colourful things are, well bracts anyway; the true flowers are those little columns in the centre which are still buds in your photo, they will open into small , almost insignificant cream coloured trumpets

alicelongmartin
alicelongmartin 11 years ago

Bouganvillea

RolandEGauthier
Spotted by
RolandEGauthier

Malaysia

Spotted on Nov 26, 2012
Submitted on Nov 26, 2012

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