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EUPHORBIA PULCHERRIMA [1 record]

Record 1 2016-01-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
  • Flowers and Ornamentals (Horticulture)
Universal entry(ies)
DEF

A common name for the well-known Christmas plant, with scarlet or white leaflike bracts surrounding the clustered small yellow true flowers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
  • Floriculture
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Euphorbia pulcherrima(ou Poinsettia pulcherrima), de la Jamaïque ou du Mexique, est [...] connue [...] avec ses ombelles florifères à cinq rayons qui portent [...] deux grandes bractées ovales du plus beau rouge vif.

Spanish

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