Euphorbia is a very varied genus of about 2000 species. Pictured here is a miniature 

white Poinsettia, commonly called “Flor de Nino” or at Lakeside, “Pascuita”.

     It is an attractive tropical shrub that grows  2-3m tall. It has pinkish stems 

bearing narrow oblanceolate leaves and a profusion of small pale yellow flowers literally

obscured by masses of small white bracts, 2-4cm long. It blooms at the Christmas

season in Southern Mexico.

      It makes a very pretty cut flower. Like many Euphorbia plants, it has a poisonus 

white liquid, so when it is cut the stems must be sealed by burning with a gas flame 

before placing them in water