Poinsettia Flower Is. 04062015 How the Poinsettia Became the Official Plant of Christmas. The colorful bracts attract insects to the flowers and will drop after pollination.
Joel Roberts Poinsett introduced the poinsettia plant to the United States from Mexico. There havent been any deaths reported due to eating poinsettia leaves Wahl says. Though they have a bad rap poinsettia Euphorbia pulcherrima plants are only mildly toxic to cats and dogs.
Native to the southern Mexico region of Taxco del Alarcon the earliest known facts about poinsettias indicate that ancient Aztecs used the leaves to make dyes for clothes and cosmetics and used the sap to treat fevers.
14082020 The plant in the ancient language of the Aztecs known as Nahuatl is known as Cuetlaxochitl which means flower that grows in residues or soil In Mexico the poinsettia is prized as the Christmas Eve flower while in Peru and Chile it is known as the Crown of the Andes. Euphorbia pulcherrima does have flowers but these green and yellow flowers are smalland certainly not a noteworthy feature. Poinsettias have also been called the lobster flower and the flame-leaf flower due to the red color. Poinsettias are not harmful to animal or.