"Poinsettia"

Poin·set·ti·a: A tropical American shrub (Euphorbia pulcherrima) that has showy, usually scarlet bracts beneath the small yellow flowerlike inflorescences.

It's about the time of year when a kindly given Christmas Poinsettia meets its brown and droopy end. That is unless you have given it undivided attention, love and water, in which case you still have a week.