Scientific Name
Euonymus
Common Name
euonymus

Characteristics

ID hints
Leaves opposite, toothed
Fruits a capsule with 1 seed
- capsules pink; seed red to orangish
"wintercreeper"
Suffrutescent, twig becoming woody
-Twigs & leaves purplish winter color**
"spindletree; Japanese euonymous"
Leaves glossy, smooth
- Leaves green or variegated

"winged euonymus"

"winged euonymus"

"American euonymus"

"wintercreeper "

"Japanese euonymus"

Euonymus species

4-H Horticulture Contest, Dr. Alice B. Russell, Dr. Paul R. Fantz, and Larry Bass, Department of Horticultural Science, NC Cooperative Extension Service, NC State University. All Pictures Copyright @1997Alice B. Russell. Computer programming by Miguel A. Buendia, graphics by Brad Capel.

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