During the holiday season, poinsettias are often seen adorning homes and festive displays, serving as symbols of goodwill and community spirit. Poinsettias can be found in nature from Mexico to Guatemala, and the ancestors of the modern, commercially available version have been traced to the Mexican state of Guerrero. The crimson-leaved plant was used by the Aztecs as a red dye and as a fever-reducing medicine. It is also referred to as "Flor de la Noche Buena" or the "Flower of the Holy Night" due to its resemblance to the Star of Bethlehem.
Poinsettias
More Desktop Wallpapers:
-
Whooper swans
-
Cuban tody, Alejandro de Humboldt National Park, Cuba
-
Pacific sea nettle jellyfish
-
Kalaloch Tree of Life, Olympic National Park, Washington, USA
-
Athens and the Acropolis, Greece
-
Rethymno, Crete, Greece
-
Eurasian blue tit, United Kingdom
-
Cades Cove, Great Smoky Mountains National Park
-
Alam-Pedja Nature Reserve, Estonia
-
Poinsettias
-
Red fox
-
Eurasian red squirrel
-
Devetashka Cave, Devetaki, Bulgaria
-
Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, USA
-
Haghartsin Monastery, Armenia
-
Serra de Tramuntana, Balearic Islands, Majorca, Spain
-
Kirkilai lakes, Biržai Regional Park, Lithuania
-
Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, California
-
Mount Hood, Oregon, USA
-
The Old Man of Storr, Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK
-
Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, Arizona, USA
-
Golling Waterfall, Salzburg, Austria
-
La Rocque Harbour, Island of Jersey
-
Tulips at Emirgan Park in Istanbul, Türkiye
-
Lake Tahoe
-
Jaswant Thada and Mehrangarh Fort, India
-
El Capitan, Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas, USA
-
Haut-Barr Castle, Vosges, France
-
Spot-billed toucanet, Brazil
-
Taughannock Falls State Park, New York, USA