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Bougainvillea

Paperflower is an evergreen, climbing shrub with thorny stems. Tiny white flowers usually appear in clusters surrounded by colorful papery bracts, hence the name paperflower. The flowers are about 0.4 cm (0.16 in) in diameter (the purple petal-like structures are not petals, but bracts).

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bougainvillea_glabra#Uses

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Uploaded on August 28, 2025
Taken on September 22, 2020