apoirier's Identifications

Native.
Dicot → Key B.
Tree.
4 showy white bracts (resembles petals).
Actinomorphic.
4 stamens.
Leaves present at anthesis.
Leaves simple.
Plants rooted in soil; not parasitic.
Perianth differentiated into sepals and petals.
Each flower has 1 pistil.
Ovary inferior.
Flowers bisexual; petals present.
Petals separate.
Leaves opposite.
Flowers greenish to purple, in a close cyme or head and subtended by 4 showy white, sometimes pinkish, bracts.
Found in cemetery on UTC campus.