What is this flower?
October 27, 2011 2:17 AM   Subscribe

Help! Another flower identification question...

I've seen this flower around in Southern California and now in south China. Can anyone tell me what it is? Thanks in advance!
posted by elisse to Home & Garden (3 answers total)
 
Best answer: Bougainvillea

You get a lot of them here in South Africa too - in different colours, but magenta/purple being the most common.
posted by Gomez_in_the_South at 2:31 AM on October 27, 2011


Response by poster: Wow, I've been wondering about this since I was a kid, glad I finally know. Thank you!
posted by elisse at 2:32 AM on October 27, 2011


I thought I'd point out, even though your question's been answered, that Google Goggles is a great tool for this sort of thing (assuming you have an Android or iOS smartphone, of course). I recently used it to identify a couple plants simply by taking a picture of the flower petals.
posted by JaredSeth at 5:33 AM on October 27, 2011 [3 favorites]


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