Poinsettias are native to Mexico.
The Aztecs called the poinsettia Cuetlaxochitl. They made a reddish purple dye from the bracts.
Chile and Peru called the poinsettia the "Crown of the Andes."
In nature, poinsettias are perennial flowering shrubs that can grow to ten feet tall.
The showy colored parts of poinsettias that most people think are the flowers are actually colored bracts (modified leaves).
The flowers or cyathia of the poinsettia are in the center of the colorful bracts.
Poinsettias are not poisonous.
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