Bougainvillea Flowers
Most folks tend to think of Bougainvillea's showy flowers which are not, in fact, flowers. They are actually large colorful sepal-like bracts which surround three simple waxy flowers. Yep, the flowers are tiny and surrounded by colorful leaves. And do watch out for the thorns — they can be nasty.
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Location: Napili, HI
Photo credit: © B. David Cathell / Alamy / Afripics
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Keywords: bay, bdavid, bougainvillea, bracts, colorful, common, flowers, hawaii, hedge, landscape, landscaping, maui, napili, sepal-, showy, thorns, tiny, waxy
