Four O'clocks

The Four O'clock Family

Four O'clocks Family - Nyctaginaceae

Bougainvillea Bougainvillea spp.

Native to South America but abundantly planted throughout warmer parts of the world as a garden ornamental. Flowers are creamy white, carried in clusters of 3, each with a vividly coloured bract. Three species (Bougainvillea glabra, B. spectabilis and B. peruviana) have been variously used to produce a bewilderment of cultivated hybrids, which may range in flower bract colour from white, through various shades of red and orange to pink. Such plants are often of uncertain parentage and no reference is available to fully assist accurate identification. Books that contain keys, only cover the three species and not hybrids, so are of no use for identification of cultivated plants.


Habit	Habit	Flowers	Flower bracts

Flower bracts	Leaf	Leaf	Stem

Commicarpus helenae

Native to Macaronesia and eastwards through much of Africa, the Arabian Peninsula and southern Asia. Scarce on Fuerteventura, typically trailing on the ground in barrancos.