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The poinsettia (/p??n's?ti?/p or /??n's?t?/) (Euphorbia pulcherrima) is a commercially important seed types of the diverse spurge family. The varieties is indigenous to Mexico. It really is particularly well known because of its red and green foliage and is also widely used in Christmas floral displays. It derives its common English name from Joel Roberts Poinsett,[3] the first USA Minister to Mexico,[4] who introduced the plant to the US in 1825.

Euphorbia pulcherrima is a shrub or small tree, typically reaching a level of 0.6-4 metres (2 ft 0 in-13 ft 1 in). The place bears dark inexperienced dentate leaves that solution 7-16 centimetres (2.8-6.3 in) in length. The coloured bracts--which are most often flaming red but can be orange, pale green, cream, red, white, or marbled--are recognised incorrectly as rose petals because of their groupings and colors often, but are leaves actually.[citation needed] The colors of the bracts are created through photoperiodism, meaning that they require darkness (12 hours at the same time for at least five days in a row) to improve color. At the same time, the plants require numerous light through the full day for the brightest color. The flowers of the poinsettia are unassuming and don't attract pollinators. They may be grouped within small yellowish structures within the center of every leaf number, and are called cyathia. The poinsettia is native to Mexico. It is found in the wild in deciduous tropical forests at modest elevations from southern Sinaloa down the entire Pacific coast of Mexico to Chiapas and Guatemala. It really is found in the interior in the hot also, dried out forests of Guerrero seasonally, Oaxaca, and Chiapas. Reports of E. pulcherrima growing in the wild in Nicaragua and Costa Rica have yet to be established by botanists. There are over 100 cultivated types of poinsettia.

The plant was used by the Aztecs to produce red dye and as an antipyretic medication. In Nahuatl, the language of the Aztecs, the plant is named Cuitlaxochitl, meaning "flower that grows in residues or soil" Today it is well known in Mexico and Guatemala as Flor de Noche Buena, meaning Christmas Eve Flower. In Spain it is known as Flor de Pascua or Pascua, signifying Easter flower. In Chile and Peru, the flower became known as Crown of the Andes. In Turkey, it is named Atat?rk's bloom because Atat?rk, the founder of the Republic, liked this bloom and made a significant contribution to its cultivation in Turkey.[citation needed] In Hungarian, it is called Santa Claus' Blossom, and it's widely used as a Christmas decoration.

The plant's association with Christmas started in 16th-century Mexico, where story tells of a woman, commonly called Pepita or Maria, who was too poor to give a gift for the celebration of Jesus' birthday and was motivated by an angel to assemble weeds from the roadside and place them before the chapel altar. Crimson blossoms sprouted from the weeds and became beautiful poinsettias. From the 17th century, Franciscan friars in Mexico included the vegetation in their Christmas activities. The star-shaped leaf style is said to symbolize the Legend of Bethlehem, and the red colorization represents the bloodstream sacrifice through the crucifixion of Jesus. Poinsettias are popular Holiday decor in homes, churches, office buildings, and somewhere else across North America. They are available in good sized quantities from grocery, drug, and hardware stores. In the United States, December 12 is National Poinsettia Day.

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