.... self portrait: if I were a flower, I'd be a poinsettia!
poinsettia [poin'set(ë)ª]
noun
a small Mexican shrub with large showy scarlet bracts surrounding small yellow flowers, a popular houseplant at Christmas. Euphorbia (formely pulcherrima, family Euphorbiaceae.)
Origin mid C19th, modern Latin, named after Joel R. Poinsett (1779-1851), American diplomat and amateur botanist.
