Name: Christmas Flower, Poinsettia
Latin name: Euphorbia pulcherrima
Foliage:
Deciduous
Mature height: Shrub or small tree which can reach
until 1ft 115⁄8inch with big leafs of smooth edge of dark green color
(23⁄4-619⁄64inch) and little yellow inflorescences.
Description: Commonly known as pastora, pascuero,
christmas flower or ponsetia, is a plant of the Euphorbiaceae family, native of
Central America. Is frequently used on gardening as shrub, but mainly on flower-growing
as interior plant in Christmas.
Flowers in winter.
The showy bracts that form the upper part of the
plant, of red colour, pink, white greenish or white yellowish are often
confused with flowers.