Poinsettia plant in Quito, Ecuador
About this photograph
- Creator
- Margery H. Freeman
- Date created
- 1991
- Location
- Quito, Ecuador
- License
- This photograph copyright ©2006. Terms of use
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A poinsettia plant is in bloom.
Poinsettias are native to South America and were well known to pre-Colombian peoples. Many groups have learned to extract a red dye from the branches. Their name comes from a North American diplomat, Joel Poinsett, who introduced the plant to the United States.
