Bracts

To the left: Partly colored bracts: Poinsettia mirabilis (Euphorbiaceae) - to the right: Cornel: Cornus florida. (phot.: B. HANSEN)

to the left: Freycinetia, a monocot - middle Guzmania, a bromeliad with red bracts - to the right: Arum: Arum maculatum, inflorescence, surrounded by a bract (spathe)