Weeds of Wednesday: Fiddler’s Spurge

Fiddler's spurge (Euphorbia heterophylla) is an annual weed (or wildlflower) that is native to the southeastern United States as well as tropical and subtropical America. Mexican fireplant, wild poinsettia, Japanese poinsettia, hypocrite poinsettia, and desert poinsettia are other common names.…

Tiny, tiny native poinsettia

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…