Flora of North America species comparison

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Euonymus americanus

American strawberry bush, bursting-heart, hearts-bustin'-with-love, strawberry-bush
Habit Shrubs 2–3.5 m. Stems erect or arching, not rooting at nodes; young branches 4-angled, not corky winged.
Leaves

deciduous;

petiole 1–3 mm;

blade oval to lanceolate, 3–10 × 0.8–3 cm, base cuneate, obtuse, to rounded, margins crenate-serrate, apex acute or acuminate.
Inflorescences

terminal or axillary, 1–3-flowered.
Flowers

sepals 5;

petals 5, pale green, often suffused with purple, round, 2–3 mm diam.;

stamens 5;

ovary spiny.
Capsules

red or pink to purple, subglobose, 11–13 mm diam., unlobed or very shallowly 4–5-lobed, lobes clearly connate, surface spiny.
Seeds

subglobose, 4.5–5.5 mm;

aril red.
2n

= 64.

Euonymus americanus
Phenology Flowering spring–summer; fruiting late summer–early winter.
Habitat Rich woods, bluffs, flood plains, along streams, hammocks, sandy banks.
Elevation 0–400 m. (0–1300 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
AL; AR; DC; DE; FL; GA; IL; IN; KY; LA; MD; MO; MS; NC; NJ; NY; OH; OK; PA; SC; TN; TX; VA; WV
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Source FNA vol. 12, p. 123.
Parent taxa Celastraceae > Euonymus
Sibling taxa
E. alatus, E. atropurpureus, E. europaeus, E. fortunei, E. obovatus, E. occidentalis
Name authority Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 1: 197. (1753)
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