Colorful Poinsettia - Euphorbia pulcherrima

The Euphorbia pulcherrima, or poinsettia, is becoming a commercially important flowering plant native to Mexico and Central America. It is famous for its bright red and green foliage during the Christmas season and is widely used in Christmas decorations, becoming a symbol of the season. Cultivated varieties are also appearing in white, pink, or striped colors. Poinsettias are changing color with shorter winter days and have hairless branches, thin leaves, and tiny, petal-less flowers surrounded by cup-shaped bracts. They are producing tri-lobed capsules with seeds that are pale grey. Colorful poinsettias are being seen in a garden, and various types of light are falling through the gaps in the leaves of the trees above it in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on November 20, 2025.