Bougainvillea glabra

Bougainvillea glabra
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Eudicots
Order:Caryophyllales
Family:Nyctaginaceae
Genus:Bougainvillea
Species: B. glabra
Binomial name
Bougainvillea glabra

Bougainvillea glabra, the lesser bougainvillea or paperflower,[2] is the most common species of bougainvillea used for bonsai.[3]

Description

It is an evergreen, climbing shrub with thorny stems. It usually grows 10–12 ft (3.0–3.7 m) tall, occasionally up to 30 ft (9 m). Tiny white flowers usually appear in clusters surrounded by colorful papery bracts, hence the name paperflower. The leaves are dark green, variable in shape, up to 4 in (10 cm) long.[4] The flowers are about 0.4 cm in diameter (the pink petal-like structures are not petals, but bracts.)[5]

Cultivation

B. glabra is heat and drought tolerant and frost sensitive. It is easily propagated by cuttings.[4] It needs full sunlight, warm weather and well drained soil to flower well.

References

  1. ↑ "Bougainvillea glabra". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 2014-01-30.
  2. ↑ Common names for Lesser Bougainvillea (Bougainvillea glabra)—Encyclopedia of Life
  3. ↑ "Bougainvillea bonsai" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 9, 2014.  (96 KB)
  4. 1 2 Bougainvillea glabra - University of Arizona Pima County Cooperative Extension
  5. ↑ Bougainvillea glabra. "Bougainvillea glabra". Flower View.
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