Known as "Nochebuena" in Mexico today and "Flor de Pascua" in other Spanish-speaking countries, the plant was an integral part of pre-Christian Indigenous culture. Poinsettia's Journey to the U.S.

SANTA FE, N.M. — Like Christmas trees, Santa and reindeer, the poinsettia has long been a ubiquitous symbol of the holiday season in the U.S. and across Europe. But now, nearly 200 years after ...

INDIA and MEXICO: The Giving Tree. December 23, 2000. By Molly Moore. The setting was a hilltop fortress in the middle of India's vast Rajasthan desert.

The San Diego History Center has a 15-foot-tall Christmas tree made from 100s of poinsettias. It's gorgeous. And, as ABC 10News Anchor Jared Aarons learned, it can also teach part of San Diego's past.

The poinsettia's complicated history Renewed interest in the poinsettia's colonialist roots have led to some ... I'm not talking about trees. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED ... Mexico's colonial roots ...

The poinsettia is named for Joel Roberts Poinsett, who from 1825 to 1829 served as the United States’ first ambassador to Mexico, which had won its independence from the Spanish Empire just a ...

Poinsettias are native to Mexico, and were unknown in the U.S. until 1828, ... and are used in the beautiful annual Capitol Poinsettia tree in the center of the Idaho State Capitol rotunda, ...

The poinsettia is named for Joel Roberts Poinsett, who from 1825 to 1829 served as the United States’ first ambassador to Mexico, which had won its independence from the Spanish Empire just a ...

Like Christmas trees, Santa and reindeer, the poinsettia has long been a ubiquitous symbol of the holiday season in the U.S. and across Europe. But now, nearly 200 years after the plant with the ...

Like Christmas trees, Santa and reindeer, the poinsettia has long been a ubiquitous symbol of the holiday season in the U.S. and across Europe. But now, nearly 200 years after the plant with the ...

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Like Christmas trees, Santa and reindeer, the poinsettia has long been a ubiquitous symbol of the holiday season in the U.S. and across Europe. But now, nearly 200 years ...