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Warszewiczia coccinea (or chaconia, wild poinsettia, pastora del monte and pride of Trinidad and Tobago) is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is the national flower of Trinidad and Tobago. It is also found throughout Central America and the West Indies southward to Bolivia.
The poinsettia occurs in North and Central America, from Mexico to southern Guatemala. Its range is about 2,000 km (1,200 mi) long, encompassing mid-elevation tropical dry forests. Most wild populations are on Pacific-facing slopes in steep canyons. Populations were once found in rolling hill areas, though many have gone extinct.
In their natural habitats, wild poinsettias grow to be 10- to 15-foot trees. The tree blooms in December, when cooler, longer nights cause the bracts (green leaves) to turn red.
Euphorbia cyathophora, known by various names including painted spurge, dwarf poinsettia, [2] fire-on-the-mountain, paintedleaf, [2] and wild poinsettia. [3] Native to subtropical and tropical North and South America, it is widely naturalized elsewhere. [2] They belong to the Cyathium type of inflorescence. Here, the inflorescence axis is ...
Poinsettia’s path starts in the wild and moves through domestication, repeated cultural appropriation, and eventually, to modern industrial production. This path demonstrates that the plant is ...
In their tropical native environment, poinsettias grow outside as a shrub or small tree.But can poinsettias be planted outside in areas with a more temperate climate? The wildly fluctuating ...
Poinsettia is a subgenus deriving from the genus Euphorbia, and is endemic to North America. It contains around 24 species, most famously E. pulcherrima, the poinsettia which grows wild in the mountains on the Pacific slope of Mexico. Despite many legends, no one knows from which wild population the cultivated varieties derive. [1]
Like Christmas trees, Santa and reindeer, the poinsettia has long been a ubiquitous symbol of the holiday season in the U.S. and across Europe. The name comes from the amateur botanist and ...