*Burning bush, Winged euonymus

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*Euonymus alata
BURNING BUSH, WINGED EUONYMUS

Celastraceae
Asia

Location: P-9 (north side of Baker Building),
N 39°11'9'' W 75°32'46'

Planting history: planted ca 1996.

Description:
  • deciduous shrub
  • etymology: Euonymus = the Latin name; alata = winged (the stems)
  • leaves opposite, turn bright-red in autumn
  • flowers small, greenish, not showy
  • stems with 2-4 distinctive corky “wings”
  • fruit purplish, with an orange aril
  • popular ornamental; invasive in woodlands of eastern North America

*Non-native species (not native to Delaware). Listed as Invasive in Delaware

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