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Alice Springs FloraAlice Springs Flora Index Acacia ligulata Annual Yellowtop Bougainvillea Apple Bush Burdekin Plum Carob Tree (Ceratonia siliqa) Cattle Bush Desert Cotton (Aerva javanica) Desert Oak Eremophila Wildberry Feijoa sellowiana Flannel Cudweed Fork-leaf Corkwood Ghost Gum Golden Everlasting Kurrajong Lemon-flowered Gum MacDonnell’s Desert Fuchsia Native Bluebell Native Tomato Needlewood Olive Tree Perennial Yellow Top Rat’s Tail River Red Gum Inland River Red Gum Rosy Dock Round-leaved Mallee Scurvy Grass Silky Eremophila Stemodia viscosa Striped Mintbush Sturt’s Desert Pea Sturt’s Desert Rose Tangled Leschenaultia Tar Vine Weeping Bottlebrush White Cedar Yellow Billybutton Yellow-keeled Swainsona Yellow Oleander

Bougainvilleas (genus Bougainvillea) can be seen growing around Alice Springs, with a variety of different colours and shades including red, pink. purple, orange to gold and white. They are often seen in garden settings and lining fence perimeters.

Bougainvilleas (genus Bougainvillea), Alice Springs NT
Bougainvilleas (genus Bougainvillea), Alice Springs NT

The Bougainvillea is a genus of thorny ornamental vines/bushes/shrubs, that have also been seen shaped into tree forms. Native to eastern South America, they belong to the four o’ clock family, Nyctaginaceae.

Bougainvilleas (genus Bougainvillea), Alice Springs NT
Bougainvilleas (genus Bougainvillea), Alice Springs NT
Bougainvilleas (genus Bougainvillea), Alice Springs NT
Bougainvilleas (genus Bougainvillea), Alice Springs NT

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  • Scientific classification
  • Kingdom: Plantae
  • Phylum: Tracheophyta
  • Subphylum: Angiospermae
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • Order: Caryophyllales
  • Family: Nyctaginaceae
  • Genus: Bougainvillea

Footnote & References

  1. Bougainvilleas (Genus Bougainvillea), iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/53804-Bougainvillea

Alice Springs FloraAlice Springs Flora Index Acacia ligulata Annual Yellowtop Bougainvillea Apple Bush Burdekin Plum Carob Tree (Ceratonia siliqa) Cattle Bush Desert Cotton (Aerva javanica) Desert Oak Eremophila Wildberry Feijoa sellowiana Flannel Cudweed Fork-leaf Corkwood Ghost Gum Golden Everlasting Kurrajong Lemon-flowered Gum MacDonnell’s Desert Fuchsia Native Bluebell Native Tomato Needlewood Olive Tree Perennial Yellow Top Rat’s Tail River Red Gum Inland River Red Gum Rosy Dock Round-leaved Mallee Scurvy Grass Silky Eremophila Stemodia viscosa Striped Mintbush Sturt’s Desert Pea Sturt’s Desert Rose Tangled Leschenaultia Tar Vine Weeping Bottlebrush White Cedar Yellow Billybutton Yellow-keeled Swainsona Yellow Oleander

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