Plants · La Saladita, Guerrero

beautiful bougainvillea

Bougainvillea spectabilis

Spanish: Bugambilia

beautiful bougainvillea (Bougainvillea spectabilis)
Photographed by redscientist on iNaturalist · taken in Kellywood Cir, Hudson, FL, US, not near La Saladita

Bougainvillea spectabilis, also known as great bougainvillea, is a species of flowering plant. It is native to Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, and Argentina's Chubut Province.

TaxonomyMagnoliopsida › Caryophyllales › Nyctaginaceae
Local recordsNot recorded by research-grade iNaturalist observations within about 50 km; listed from the site's curated guide
Global records19,684 on iNaturalist

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Cite as: “beautiful bougainvillea (Bougainvillea spectabilis) at La Saladita”, La Saladita Field Guide, lasaladita.com/species/bougainvillea-spectabilis/, updated 2026-09-26. Observation counts and months come from iNaturalist research-grade records within about 50 km of 17.8375°N, 101.7606°W (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones); summary text from Wikipedia where present.