School of Horticulture
Plant Database
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Scientific Name: | Euphorbia pulcherrima |
Pronunciation: | you-FOR-bee-uh pull-KAIR-ih-muh |
Common Name: | poinsettia |
Family Name: | Euphorbiaceae |
Plant Type: | Flowering cut plant, Flowering pot plant |
Key ID Features: | Plant often used indoors at Christmas; stem exudes white sap when broken; flowers yellow, not showy, encircled with coloured bracts commonly red (white or pink cvs.). |
Course(s): | HORT 1155, HORT 1193/1293 |
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Propagation: | Seed, Softwood cuttings |
Plant Care: | |
Optimal Temp.: | Medium indoor temperature |
Light Level: | Medium indoor light level |
Maintenance: | Medium |
Pest Susceptibility: | Abiotic disorder, Aphids or adelgids, Mealybugs, Mildew, Mites, Mold, Nematodes, Root rot, Scale insects, Thrips, Virus, Whitefly or psyllids, |
Specific Pests: | Pythium, Chimera. |
Location(s): (GNH) GreeNHouse Location Map |