General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Annual
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Plant Height: 1-3 feet
Leaves: Evergreen
Other: Variable shape
Fruit: Dehiscent
Other: Small 3-lobed capsule containing 3 seeds.
Flowers: Inconspicuous
Other: In the genus Euphorbia, the flowers are reduced in size and aggregated into a cluster of flowers called a cyathium (plural cyathia). This feature is present in every species of the genus Euphorbia but nowhere else in the plant kingdom.
Flower Color: Other: Yellowish green
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Late summer or early fall
Uses: Will Naturalize
Dynamic Accumulator: B (Boron)
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Resistances: Humidity tolerant
Drought tolerant
Toxicity: Other: All members of the genus Euphorbia produce a milky sap called latex that is toxic and can range from a mild irritant to very poisonous.
Pollinators: Various insects

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Common names
  • Summer Poinsettia
  • Mexican fireplant
  • Wild Poinsettia
  • Japanese Poinsettia
  • Hypocrite Poinsettia
  • Fiddler's Spurge
  • Euphorbia
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Euphorbia heterophylla
  • Synonym: Poinsettia heterophylla

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Location: Aberdeen, NC
Date: December 5, 2021
Wild poinsettia #60; RAB p. 669, 107-11-2;  LHB p. 618, 106-1-14,
Location: Sumatera Indonesia
Date: 2018-02-18
Location: Winter Springs, Florida, United States
Date: 2019-12-31
Location: Edinburg, Texas | July, 2023

Date: 2008-10-21
Photo: J. M. Garg
Location: zone 8 Lake City, Fl.
Date: 2014-09-03
Location: zone 8 Lake City, Fl.
Date: 2014-09-03
Location: zone 8 Lake City, Fl.
Date: 2014-09-03
As you can see from my other photo, the leaves can be quite varia
Location: zone 8 Lake City, Fl.
Date: 2014-09-03
Location: zone 8 Lake City, Fl.
Date: 2014-09-03
round stem
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