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Image of Euphorbia pulcherrima (Corona del inca  / Poinsettia / Flor de Pascua /  Flor de navidad / Nochebuena). Click to enlarge parts of image.

Image of Euphorbia pulcherrima

III Region, Vallenar, Chile
Altitude: 200 m. 10 28, 2008

 

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Species:  Euphorbia pulcherrima Willd. ex Klotzsch
Family:  Euphorbiaceae Identification very doubtful, we must check it in the near future. Certainty 50 %.   
Order: 
Chilean Name:  Corona del inca , Poinsettia , Flor de Pascua , Flor de navidad , Nochebuena
English Name:  Poinsettia
German Name: 
Russian Name: 
Record:  1934
About 26 Euphorbia in Chile and 10 in our data base.
About 41 Euphorbiaceae in Chile and 17 in our data base.

 

1st Region:
Lat: 18° - 21°
Main Cities: Arica, Iquique.
2d Region:
Lat: 21° - 26°
Main Cities: Antofagasta, Calama.
3d Region:
Lat: 26° - 29°
Main Cities: Copiapó, Vallenar.
4th Region:
Lat: 29° - 32°
Main Cities: La Serena, Ovalle.
5th Region:
Lat: 32° - 33°
Main Cities: Valparaiso, Los Andes.
Metropolitan Region:
Lat: 33°- 34°
Main Cities: Santiago.
6th Region:
Lat: 34° - 35°
Main Cities: Rancagua.
7th Region:
Lat: 35° - 36°
Main Cities: Talca, Curicó.
8th Region:
Lat: 36° - 38°
Main Cities: Concepción, Chillan, Los Angeles.
9th Region:
Lat: 38° - 39°
Main Cities: Temuco, Villarrica, Pucón.
10th Region:
Lat: 39° - 44°
Main Cities: Valdivia, Osorno, Puerto Montt.
11th Region:
Lat: 44° - 49°
Main Cities: Coihaique.
12th Region:
Lat 49°- 55°
Main Cities: Punta Arenas, Puerto Natales, Puerto Williams.
USDA Hardiness Zone 10 and 11. The plant does not tolerate freezing.     Fully exposed to the sun. Level areas or slopes facing north.     Somewhat dry areas where the drought may last 3 - 5 months. Precipitations of 400 - 800 mm. are concentrated in winter.   
Coastal areas, 0 - 500 m
Red, without information on the number of petals      Tree     

Foreign   

Height: 5 m.

Excellent ornamental value (A +)

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INTRODUCTION

Image of Euphorbia pulcherrima (Corona del inca  / Poinsettia / Flor de Pascua /  Flor de navidad / Nochebuena). Click to enlarge parts of image.

Image of Euphorbia pulcherrima

III Region, Vallenar, Chile
Altitude: 200 m. 10 28, 2008

 

DESCRIPTION

Plant type: Tree

Flower: Red, without information on the number of petals

Height: 5 m.

 

Image of Euphorbia pulcherrima (Corona del inca  / Poinsettia / Flor de Pascua /  Flor de navidad / Nochebuena). Click to enlarge parts of image.

Image of Euphorbia pulcherrima

III Region, Vallenar, Chile
Altitude: 200 m. 10 28, 2008

 

HABITAT

In Chile this species grows in the following environmental conditions:

 

Habitat according to altitude:

Coastal areas, 0 - 500 m

 

Watering conditions:

Somewhat dry areas where the drought may last 3 - 5 months. Precipitations of 400 - 800 mm. are concentrated in winter.

 

Light conditions:

Fully exposed to the sun. Level areas or slopes facing north.

 

USES

Excellent ornamental value (A +)

 

 

 

 

GROWING TIPS

 

This species has the following hardiness:

USDA Hardiness Zone 10 and 11. The plant does not tolerate freezing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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More species from the same Euphorbiaceae family in our data base:

Argythamnia berteroana (Ventosilla)

Argythamnia canescens (ventosilla)

Argythamnia tricuspidata (Ventosilla)

Colliguaja integerrima (Colliguaya / Coliguay)

Colliguaja odorifera (Colliguay)

Colliguaja salicifolia (Colliguay / Colihuai)

Croton chilensis

Euphorbia collina (Pichoga)

Euphorbia helioscopia (Pichoa / Pichoga)

Euphorbia lactiflua (Lechero)

Euphorbia peplus (Pichoa / Pichoga / Mariquita)

Euphorbia platyphyllos (Pichoga / Pichoa)

Euphorbia portulacoides (Pichoa grande)

Euphorbia pulcherrima (Corona del inca / Poinsettia / Flor de Pascua / Flor de navidad / Nochebuena)

Euphorbia sp. #1352

Euphorbia thinophila

Ricinus communis (Ricino / Palma christi / Higuerilla)

Unidentified Plant sp. #2341

 

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