US (SD): Bringing poinsettias to fruition in Rapid City
Its botanical name is Euphorbia pulcherrima, and while it grows naturally in Mexico and Central America as a shrub, it is usually an ornamental potted plant in the United States.
The colored areas are often mistaken for flowers, but they are actually specialized or modified leaves called bracts, the Rapid City Journal reported.
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