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Read more about Winged Burning Bush at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Celastrales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Euonymus alatus
FAMILY
Celastraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Euonymus alatus
FAMILY
Celastraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
Synthesis of the North American Flora (Kartesz, 1999)
Euonymus alata
COMMON NAME:
Winged Burning Bush, Winged Euonymus, Winged Wahoo
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JK Marlow jkm190418_7505
April Greenville County SC
Axillary pairs of small flowers at the ends of a Y-shaped 1" stem, per A Field Guide for the Identification of Invasive Plants in Southern Forests.
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JK Marlow jkm140601_274
May Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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JK Marlow jkm140601_275
May Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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JK Marlow jkm140604_444
June Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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JK Marlow jkm140625_343
June Greenville County SC
Cleveland Park
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JK Marlow jkm071108_014
November Pickens County SC
SC Botanical Garden
Leaves thin, only 1-2" long; margins finely crenate; tips acute, per Nonnative Invasive Plants of Southern Forests.
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JK Marlow jkm071108_016
November Pickens County SC
SC Botanical Garden
Dangling axillary paired (or not) reddish capsules turn purple, split open, per Nonnative Invasive Plants of Southern Forests.
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JK Marlow jkm071108_018
November Pickens County SC
SC Botanical Garden
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JK Marlow jkm071108_020
November Pickens County SC
SC Botanical Garden
The corky ridges of young lime-green squarish twigs become wider with age, per Nonnative Invasive Plants of Southern Forests.
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JK Marlow jkm151105_061
November Greenville County SC
In cultivation
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JK Marlow jkm151105_069
November Greenville County SC
In cultivation
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JK Marlow jkm151105_071
November Greenville County SC
In cultivation
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JK Marlow jkm151212_063b
December Greenville County SC
In cultivation
Dangling capsules turn purple & split to reveal orange fleshy-covered seeds, per A Field Guide for the Identification of Invasive Plants in Southern Forests.
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JK Marlow jkm151212_063c
December Greenville County SC
In cultivation
Terminal bud present; bud scales imbricate, greenish or pinkish, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide.