Euonymus verrucosus Scop.

Celastraceae

Taxonomy

Classification

Group: Spermatophytina (Spermatophytes)
Family: Celastraceae (Staff Tree family)
Genus: Euonymus (Spindletree)

Synonyms

Euonymus verrucosus
Euonymus pauciflorus

Related species

Euonymus europaeus L. - Spindle
Euonymus latifolius (L.) Mill. - Large-Leaved Spindle
Euonymus verrucosus Scop.

Traits


    Highly toxic, shrubby, up to 2.5 m tall. flowers: actinomorphic, yellowish to beige. perianth: per whorl 4‑leaved. fruits: capsules, reddish. seeds: seed coat orange, completely enclosing the black seeds. lateral branches: with corky warts. immature shoots: this year...

    You find the complete description in our identification books.

Distribution

Distribution in Europe


Euonymus verrucosus

Legend

The colours represent the floristic status of the species in the respective region. Green indicates native occurrences, light green naturalized occurrences. Adventive occurrences are represented by light yellow shades and plants that are cultivated (but rarely occur in the wild) are dark yellow. Grey colours are used, if the floristic status of species is unknown or uncertain.

Ecology

Euonymus verrucosus

Euonymus verrucosus

Status

  • absent

Habitat

  • forests, shrubbery

  • in alkaline habitats

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