Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area
440 acres adjacent to the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, University of Florida/IFAS
Florida's native poinsettia, paintedleaf (Euphorbia cyathophora), is native to much of the U.S, Mexico, the Caribbean, Central America, and South America. This native annual wildflower goes dormant in cooler climes but grows year-round in warmer locales. In Florida, paintedleaf grows…
Poinsettias (Euphorbia pulcherrima) are native to central America. More than 70 million poinsettias are sold at Christmastime in the the U..S. with a value of more than $250 million. Florida is home to 2 small native "poinsettias", plants in the…
Sales of poinsettias (Euphorbia pulcherrima) are expected to exceed $26 million in 2015. Those showy red 'petals' are really bracts, and even the flowers of the commercial poinsettia are tiny. The most common native "poinsettia" -- Euphorbia cyathophora -- is…
Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area 