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Tropical treat Flower
You have to look closely
to see this plant’s true flowers,
because they are small. The
flowers are surrounded by special
pink leaves. The plant’s name,
bougainvillea (boo-gan-vil-ia),
is quite a mouthful!

This colored leaf
is called a bract.

Bougainvillea is Ordinary
Leaf stems cling on
by hooking around a climbing plant. leaf
other plants.

Showy sepals
The showy flower of this
clematis is actually a ring of
sepals. Many plants have
small green sepals, but the
clematis has sepals that are
bigger and more colorful
than the rest of the flower.
Sepals

Colorful leaves
When growing wild,
poinsettia (poyn-set-ee-ah)
plants grow into big bushes,
topped by leaves that turn
crimson during the flowering
season. The poinsettia’s real
flowers are surrounded by
these bright leaves.
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