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Bougainvillea x buttiana
leaf like flower, purple color
Landscapes,gardens
they come inmany colors and the stems have nasty thorns
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