Bougainvillea
Bougainvillea glabra · Family: Nyctaginaceae
- Light
- sun
- Watering
- low
- Hardy to
- 0 °C
- Soil
- any
Where it grows on Tenerife
Grows in: South coast · North coast · South, 300–1000 m
Indicative conditions, reviewed by Marianna.
Photos
Origin and history
Native to Brazil. The genus is named after the navigator Louis Antoine de Bougainville: the botanist Philibert Commerson collected it during his round-the-world expedition in the 1760s.
Written for this site, pending Marianna's review.
From Wikipedia
Bougainvillea glabra, the lesser bougainvillea or paperflower, is the most common species of bougainvillea used for bonsai. The epithet 'glabra' comes from Latin and means "bald".
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