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Photographer: Mike Stroud
Taken: 2011
Caption: Holy Cross Churchyard , Joel Roberts Poinsett grave
Additional Description: Mr. Poinsett collected cultural and horticultural artifacts the world over and was an accomplished amateur botanist.In 1826, he brought the plant home to the United States, and it was first called "painted leaf" and "Mexican fire plant." Later, it was renamed POINSETTIA (Poinsettia pulcherrima) in his honor.
Submitted: June 4, 2011, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.
Database Locator Identification Number: p156107
File Size: 0.290 Megabytes

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