bract

In fact, its colored bracts have been known to last for several months.

The bracts are quite different and smaller than the leaves.

Those who do should cut the plant back hard after the bracts fade.

Bracts are often (but not always) different from foliage leaves.

The larger bract can be eight inches long, the smaller one about four.

The only leaves present are several bracts at the base of each flower.

The flowers have dark red bracts greater than 1 cm in size.

The floral bract is longer than the tiny, green flowers.

At the top of the spike there are many other white or lavender bracts.

The bract can be ten times longer than the spadix.

The bract is used as a bowl for feeding pigs.

The central bract is spiny and larger than the other two.

The term can also mean the lower bract on a peduncle.

The bracts are purplish in color, giving the plant its name.

The bracts under the flower head occur in 1-2 equal series.

There are two bracts at the base of the umbel.

The flower is blooming down there in the center of the bracts.

They need a great deal of warmth and bright light to put out those big, colorful bracts.

But the plant is really rather ugly, except for its handsome red bracts.

Bracts are free and 2-6 mm long in the first whorl.

It contains two to seven flowers, each of which is covered with a brown or black bract.

Each stem has a whorl of small bracts around the middle.

The flowers emerge from bracts that form off the stems.

Each stem produces one flower, which is held on top of the bracts.

Plants of this section are known for their brightly colored bracts.