Wild Poinsettia – Native Plant of the Day 12/24/2024
Photo from 12/22/2011. Location: Coquina Baywalk on Leffis Key, Manatee County, FL.
More photos / info at the Euphorbia cyathophora detail page.
Wild Poinsettia, Fire on the Mountain, Painted Euphorbia, Desert Poinsettia – Euphorbia cyathophora
Also NPOD 02/09/2012, 02/09/2013, 02/09/2014, 02/09/2015, 02/09/2016, 12/24/2017, 12/24/2018, 12/24/2019, 12/24/2020, 12/24/2021, 12/24/2022, 12/24/2023
Silly, I know, but I’d never thought of any kind of poinsettia growing wild.
I didn’t either, Lucy, until I ran across this plant while on a visit to Florida. Thanks for the visit!
This plant started showing up in my flower garden after I had planted a cultivated poinsettia in it two years in a row. I kept it alive all winter and planted it when the weather was warm. This year, the wild poinsettias have sprung up voluntarily all over the garden bed.