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Bougainvillea glabra · plikoji bugenvilija
Izraelis, Haifa
- Paperflower, Lesser Bougainvillea, Red Bougainvillea
- Kahle Drillingsblume
- plikoji bugenvilija
- gludā bugenvileja
- bugenwilla gładka, kącicierń gładki
- blank trillingblomma
It is an evergreen, climbing shrub that usually grows 3–3.5 m tall, occasionally up to 9 m. It features thick, thorny stems and drooping branches that are glabrous or sparsely hairy. The leaves have a 3–10 mm long stem. The leaf blade is ovate to ovate-lanceolate, pointed or briefly pointed, 5 to 13 cm long and 3 to 6 cm wide, sparsely fluffy hairy on the underside and bald on the top. The leaf-like bracts are purple, oblong or elliptical, pointed, 65–90 mm long and about 50 mm wide. They tower over the flowers. These grow individually in pairs or in groups of three on flower stems about 3.5 mm long.
The crown tube is greenish, clearly angled, about 2 cm long, sparsely downy hairy, ribbed and points away from the flower stalk. The tip is lobed five times and forms a short, spread, white or yellowish hem. The six to eight stamens have 8 to 13 mm long stamens. The ovary is about 2 mm long, the stylus 1 mm and the scar 2.5 mm. 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 10 cm long. The flowers are about 4 mm in diameter (the pink petal-like structures are not petals, but bracts).
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