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COMMON NAME: Poinsettia
Classification: foliage plant
FOLIAGE: alternate leaves
Leaf: length 4-7”, width 2-4”
Margin: Entire, toothed or lobed depending on cultivar; with four to six points
Veins: pinnate

2. FLOWER: cup-shaped flowers in a cluster above the showy red, pink, or creamy leaf bracts with a large yellow gland on the rim of the flower
Flower is yellow
Bracts show color
Leaves may be entire, lobed or toothed
3” to 4” petiole
Red, pink, white, and variegated cultivars
65° F. night

3. Euphorbia pulcherrima

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Red petals are actually bracts, not flowers.