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The poinsettia (/p??n's?ti?/p or /??n's?t?/) (Euphorbia pulcherrima) is a commercially important seed varieties of the diverse spurge family. The species is indigenous to Mexico. It really is especially popular because of its red and renewable foliage and it is widely used in Xmas floral displays. It derives its common English name from Joel Roberts Poinsett,[3] the first United States Minister to Mexico,[4] who introduced the plant to the US in 1825.

Euphorbia pulcherrima is a shrub or small tree, reaching a elevation of 0 typically.6-4 metres (2 ft 0 in-13 ft 1 in). The vegetable bears dark renewable dentate leaves that solution 7-16 centimetres (2.8-6.3 in) in length. The coloured bracts--which are most flaming red but can be orange often, pale green, cream, green, white, or marbled--are often recognised incorrectly as bloom petals for their groupings and colors, but are leaves actually.[citation needed] The colors of the bracts are manufactured through photoperiodism, meaning that they require darkness (12 hours at a time for at least five days in a row) to improve color. At exactly 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 are really grouped within small yellow structures within the center of each leaf bunch, and are called cyathia. The poinsettia is native to Mexico. It is found in the untamed in deciduous exotic forests at modest elevations from southern Sinaloa down the entire Pacific coast of Mexico to Chiapas and Guatemala. It is found in the inside in the hot also, seasonally dry out forests of Guerrero, Oaxaca, and Chiapas. Accounts of E. pulcherrima growing in the wild in Costa and Nicaragua Rica have yet to be validated by botanists. There are over 100 cultivated varieties of poinsettia.

The Aztecs used the plant 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 recognized as Flor de Pascua or Pascua, indicating Easter flower. In Chile and Peru, the plant became known as Crown of the Andes. In Turkey, it is called Atat?rk's bloom because Atat?rk, the creator of the Republic, liked this rose and made a substantial contribution to its cultivation in Turkey.[citation needed] In Hungarian, it is named Santa Claus' Rose, and it's trusted as a Christmas decoration.

The plant's relationship with Christmas started in 16th-century Mexico, where legend tells of a girl, called Pepita or Maria commonly, who was simply too poor to give a gift idea for the celebration of Jesus' birthday and was encouraged by an angel to gather weeds from the roadside and place them in front of the chapel altar. Crimson blossoms sprouted from the weeds and became beautiful poinsettias. From the 17th century, Franciscan friars in Mexico included the plant life in their Christmas activities. The star-shaped leaf style is thought to symbolize the Superstar of Bethlehem, and the red colorization represents the bloodstream sacrifice through the crucifixion of Jesus. Poinsettias are popular Christmas accessories in homes, churches, office buildings, and across North America elsewhere. They are available in good sized quantities from grocery, drug, and hardware stores. In america, 12 is National Poinsettia Day december.

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