| Scientific Name: | Bougainvillea cv. |
| Common Name: | paper flower |
| Family Name: | Nyctaginaceae |
| Origin: | South America |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 9: (-7 to -1 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Flowering pot plant, Vine or climber |
| Mature Size: | 0.7 - 1.3m x 0.6 - 1.0m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Irregular, Pendulous |
| Form: | Climbing |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Arbors or trellis, Container planting, Indoor plant |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Acidic, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Soft flexible, Glabrous, Ovate, Entire |
| Flowers: | Flowers clustered, White, Orange, Yellow, Purple, Pink, Magenta, Red, Jul-Aug |
| Fruit: | Achene, Green, Brown |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Thorny and twiggy with stems that erect from the ground; leaves alternate, simple ovate with acuminate tips, 4-13cm long x 2-6cm wide; flowers sepals fused, tubular at base, <1cm wide at flared apex, usually white, each group of three are surrounded by three or six colourful bracts that are commonly pink or purple. | |