Poinsettia
ಪೊಯನ್ ಸೆಟಿಯಾபொய்ன் செட்டியாപോയിൻസെറ്റിയ
Euphorbia pulcherrima Willd. ex Klotzsch
- light
- Part sun
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 1.3 m
- wide
- 99 cm
Euphorbiaceae
Formerly Euphorbia erithrophylla, Euphorbia fastuosa, Pleuradena coccinea, Poinsettia ignescens, and 3 more
When it flowers
Flowers June to February in the tropics.
Read from iNaturalist photographs of it in flower. A month counts at 50% of the best month's flowering share (smoothed over three months) and 10% of its flowering count, from at least 100 flowering observations in the band.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- ShrubKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Seasonally dry tropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Mexico to GuatemalaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Part shade (3 to 6 h)Read from NC State Extension and RHS, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources. Sources differ: NC State Extension part; RHS full, part
- Height
- 51 cm to 2.1 mRead from NC State Extension and RHS, checked: the middle of what its sources sayHalfway between its 2 sources, which differ. Sources differ: NC State Extension 3–12 ft; RHS 0.1–0.5 m
- Spread
- 51 cm to 1.5 mRead from NC State Extension and RHS, checked: the middle of what its sources sayHalfway between its 2 sources, which differ. Sources differ: NC State Extension 3–8 ft; RHS 0.1–0.5 m
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- Yellow, redRead from NC State Extension and RHS, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources. Sources differ: NC State Extension pink, red, white, yellow; RHS red, yellow
- Coldest it survives
- 1.7 °C (USDA zone 10b)Read from NC State Extension and RHS, checked: the middle of what its sources sayHalfway between its 2 sources, which differ. Sources differ: NC State Extension -6.7 °C; RHS 10 °C
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
Grow it with
Suggested by a rule, not by a gardener: same climate (kew), flowering when this plant does not (inaturalist), and a different shape.
Apple-of-PeruFlowers March to May, when this does not
Barbados gooseberryFlowers March to May, when this does not
Barbados lilyFlowers March to May, when this does not
Billygoat weedFlowers March to May, when this does not
Black-eyed Susan vineFlowers March to May, when this does not
Blue dazeFlowers March to May, when this does not
In other languages (12)
- Spanish
- nochebuena, Flor de noche buena, Estrella Federal
- root
- aijoyó, guie tiini, lipa-que-po-jua
- French
- Étoile de Noël
- Portuguese
- poinsétia, bico-de-papagaio
- Chinese
- 聖誕紅, 一品紅, 聖誕花
- Finnish
- joulutähti
- Russian
- Молочай красивейший
- Chinese (China)
- 一品红
- Japanese
- ポインセチア, ショウジョウボク, 猩々木
- Indonesian
- Kastuba
- Lithuanian
- Puošniausioji karpažolė
- Italian
- Stella di Natale
Where this comes from
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-24, CC0-1.0 (observation counts)
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension Plant Toolbox, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- RHS, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-24, CC BY-SA 3.0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- 3D model: Euphorbia pulcherrima (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
A fact “checked by a majority of its sources” was settled by a vote of the pages it was read from, not by a person reading it; one marked “one source” rests on that page alone. Anything else not marked checked has not been checked yet. Where nothing is known, the page says so rather than guess.