Euonymus americanus L.

Strawberry bush (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Celastrales > Celastraceae > Euonymus

Characteristics

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.
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Erect shrub to 2 m, with stiffly divergent 4-angled twigs; lvs firm, on petioles 1–3 mm, lanceolate to elliptic or ovate, 3–7 cm, acute to acuminate, turning red or reddish in autumn, then deciduous; fls 5-merous, solitary or in cymes of 2–3 on axillary peduncles 1–3 cm, 10–12 mm wide, greenish-purple; pet narrowed to a very short claw; fr 3–5-lobed, 1.5 cm thick, crimson when ripe, strongly tuberculate; aril orange to scarlet; 2n=64. Moist woods; s. N.Y. to s. O. and se. Mo., s. to Fla. and Tex. May, June.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 1.0
Mature height (meter) 2.0 - 2.5
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Rich woods, bluffs, flood plains, along streams, hammocks, sandy banks; at elevations up to 400 metres.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 2-7
Soil texture 2-5
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-7

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Cathartic (unspecified), Gastrointestinal (unspecified), Laxative (unspecified), Scalp (unspecified), Skin (unspecified), Uterus (unspecified), Dandruff (unspecified), Diuretic (unspecified), Emetic (unspecified), Fever (unspecified), Irritant (unspecified), Venereal (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) 220 - 365
Germination temperacture (C°) 10 - 18
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -23
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Leaf

Euonymus americanus leaf picture by Cyd Hamilton (cc-by-sa)
Euonymus americanus leaf picture by Cyd Hamilton (cc-by-sa)
Euonymus americanus leaf picture by Lily Jones (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Euonymus americanus flower picture by Cyd Hamilton (cc-by-sa)
Euonymus americanus flower picture by gene jones (cc-by-sa)
Euonymus americanus flower picture by Beans Halberstam (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Euonymus americanus fruit picture by Lea Valentine (cc-by-sa)
Euonymus americanus fruit picture by Sandra Suhling (cc-by-sa)
Euonymus americanus fruit picture by jim jim bier (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Euonymus americanus world distribution map, present in United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30067863-2
WFO ID wfo-0000681592
COL ID 3CGSM
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Euonymus muricatus Euonymus alternifolius Euonymus heterophylus Euonymus sarmentosus Euonymus scandens Euonymus sempervirens Euonymus americanus var. angustifolius Euonymus americanus var. sarmentosus Euonymus angustifolius Euonymus americanus