Poinsettia Flower Structure. In the flowerbed rich soil can make it lanky and weak causing it to lay down when wet. Poinsett who popularized the plant and introduced it to floriculture while he was US.
In the flowerbed rich soil can make it lanky and weak causing it to lay down when wet. The actual flowers have no petals. The word Poinsettia is traditionally capitalized because it is named after a person.
Hidden from view deep within the cyathium is a single very small female flower composed of a pistil and ovary.
02122014 Following on from the start of the Chemistry Advent Calendar yesterday heres another festive post this time looking at the chemistry of the poinsettia plant. Anatomy of a Poinsettia. 24122018 You likely already know that the showy parts typically bright red of a poinsettia are not flowers but modified leaves called bracts. Poinsettia Euphorbia pulcherrima Euphorbia pulcherrima widely known as Poinsettia is one of the most popular indoor Christmas plant.