Euonymus ternifolius Hand.-mazz.

Deciduous dwarf shrubs, ca. 1 m tall, much branched; branches and twigs gray, terete, sturdy. Petiole very short or sessile; leaf blade thickly papery, oblong-linear, 1.8-2.3 × ca. 3 mm, base subattenuate, margin subentire, minutely crenulate, apex obtuse; lateral veins invisible. Peduncle few from upper branches, typically several flowered; pedicel 5-10 mm. Flowers 4-merous, 9-10 mm in diam.; sepals semiorbicular; petals pale yellow, suborbicular. Capsule not seen. Fl. May-Jun, fr. unknown.