Heather Angel / Handkerchief / Dove tree (Davidia involucrata), male inflorescence enclosed by bracts which act as an umbrella to prevent rain spoiling pollen. Endemic to Sichuan, north west Yunnan, Guizhou and Hubei...
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Kerstin Hinze / Poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima) red bracts surrounding flowers
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Pete Oxford / Wild ginger {Zinger officinale} flowering, Amazonian Ecuador
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Jabruson / Bougainvillea in flower {Bougainvillea sp} Nairobi, Kenya
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Jabruson / Pointsettia plant grown for export {Euphorbia pulcherrima} Kenya. Organic horticulture.
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Nigel Cattlin / Marsh cudweed (Gnaphalium uliginosum) grey wooly plant flowering on a dry pathway on chalk downland, Berkshire, July
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Nigel Cattlin / Sun spurge (Euphorbia helioscopia) annual arable plant flowering in waste arable ground, Berkshire, July
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Nigel Cattlin / Sun spurge (Euphorbia helioscopia) annual arable plant flowering in waste arable ground, Berkshire, July
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Dr. Axel Gebauer / Mare's tail (Hippuris vulgaris) on marsh meadow, Koko Nor lake, Tso Ngonbo, Qinghai Hu, Qinghai Province, Tibet
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Nigel Cattlin / Himalayan honeysuckle (Leycesteria formosa) racemes of white flowers with red purple bracts on a deciduous garden shrub, August
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Nigel Cattlin / Flowering musk thistle (Carduus nutans) flower bud with pointed bracts radiating out on plant on downland pasture, Berkshire, July
