On National Poinsettia Day we"re taking an up-close look at a poinsettia leaf. Although many people assume the red, white, pink, purple, or marbled colors are flowers, they"re actually bracts, a type of leaf that aids in reproduction, usually by turning color as the plant develops true flowers. On the poinsettia, the bracts, surrounding small yellow clustered buds called cyathia, flag down pollinators just as flower petals do.
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Today in History
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Maloja, Switzerland
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World Rhinoceros Day
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A path into history
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Neuschwanstein and Hohenschwangau castles, Bavaria, Germany
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The Zugspitze: Germany s highest point
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Arches National Park, Utah
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Traffic jam on the caribou highway
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Autumn in the cypress swamp
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What s better than a smile?
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Looking for peace on the precipice
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There was gold in them there hills…
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Hanging out on a limb
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Shhh, the movie is about to start
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D-Day remembered
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It’s oh so quiet
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Anybody out there?
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A winter wonderland in Northeast China
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Looking down upon Edinburgh
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Overseas Highway, Florida Keys
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A march toward a dream
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San Francisco Bay salt flats
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Pascua Florida Day
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A growing business
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A step toward freedom
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Sea fireflies at the seashore
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A sea of swirling stone
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A Flag Day tradition
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Women s suffrage at 100
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Engineering an artificial harbor in Normandy