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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Ministry of Fun Santa School
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Party like it’s 5779
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Mother s Day
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Muniellos Nature Reserve
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The old guard at Old San Juan
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Vinh Hy Bay, Vietnam
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Inside the Oculus
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Jazzed for Mardi Gras
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Black History Month
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Stop and see the flowers
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World Penguin Day
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World Wildlife Conservation Day
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International Day of the Tropics
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Homeward bound
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Flower of Life symbol drawn in snow
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Nakupenda Beach Nature Reserve, Zanzibar, Tanzania
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Birds of a feather
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Looking back on 150 years of rail travel
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Weaverbird nests at Kenya’s Samburu National Reserve
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Eye of the cave
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A cutting-edge art gallery opens in Paris
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International Womens Day
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Kochelsee in Bavaria
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National Trails Day
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Atop the Needle of Chamonix
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Acadia transformed
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New Year s Day
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High above the reef
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‘The memory of Abraham Lincoln is enshrined forever’