Nyctaginaceae
Great bougainvillea
Bougainvillea spectabilis
- Family
- Nyctaginaceae
- Genus
- Bougainvillea
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Common names
By language (14)
- Arabic
- جهنمية منظارية, الجهنمية المنظارية, جهنمية
- arz
- بوغنفيليه منظاريه
- Azerbaijani
- Gözəl buqenvilleya
- Bangla
- বাগানবিলাস
- Burmese
- စက္ကူပန်း
- Chinese
- 九重葛, 叶子花, 三角花, 毛宝巾, 勒杜鹃, 宝巾花
- Czech
- Bugenvilea nádherná
- English
- Great bougainvillea
- Haitian Creole
- Bougenvil
- Indonesian
- Bougainvillea
- min
- Bungo Karate
- pwn
- Ljakarap
- shn
- မွၵ်ႇၽိင်ႈၽ, မွၵ်ႇၸေႈ
- Spanish
- Ceboleiro, Enredadera de papel, Espino de Santa Rita, Santarrita, Veranera
Synonyms
- Bougainvillea bracteata Pers.
- Bougainvillea brasiliensis Raeusch.
- Bougainvillea brasiliensis Lund ex Choisy
- Bougainvillea peruviana Nees & Mart.
- Bougainvillea speciosa Schnizl.
- Bougainvillea spectabilis var. hirsutissima J.A.Schmidt
- Bougainvillea spectabilis var. parviflora Mart. ex J.A.Schmidt
- Bougainvillea spectabilis var. virescens (Choisy) J.A.Schmidt
- Bougainvillea virescens Choisy
- Josepha augusta Vell.
Flowers
- In flower
- February, April to November (from 66 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Pacific Basin: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Matthew Morgan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: nebrooks, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ali K, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mauricio Silvany, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Lewis, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jotpe, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: juliaferreiradecarvalho9, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: vaazhaikumar, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Crista Castellanos, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sérgio Sérgio, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: filipeprates, CC0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.