Poinsettia Description
11/29/2006 - 05:51:46
Most people are familiar with poinsettias as a relatively small potted plant most often used as a Christmas plant or decoration.
Poinsettia plants have brightly colored leaves (bracts) that are often mistaken for flowers. The poinsettia true flowers are small yellow or green structures at the base of the bracts.
This photo shows the red leaves and the yellow true flowers of the poinsettia. Image by Old Shoe Woman. |
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This familiar form of poinsettias are due to careful breeding, cultivation and harvesting. In the wild, poinsettias are a shrub or small tree. Poinsettias are originally from Mexico and Central America.
A poinsettia tree in a San Diego back yard. Image by Martin LaBar |
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