View source for Euonymus obovatus

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|accepted_name=Euonymus obovatus
|accepted_authority=Nuttall
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Gen. N. Amer. Pl.
|place=1: 155. 1818
|year=1818
}}
|common_names=Running strawberry-bush
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Euonymus americanus var. obovatus
|authority=(Nuttall) Dippel
}}
|hierarchy=Celastraceae;Euonymus;Euonymus obovatus
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Celastraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Euonymus]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Euonymus obovatus]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 12
|mention_page=page 123
|treatment_page=page 124
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs </b>0.1–0.5 m. <b>Stems</b> creeping rooting at nodes; young branches 4-angled, not corky winged. <b>Leaves</b> deciduous; petiole 3–5 mm; blade obovate, 2–8 × 1.5–4.5 cm, base attenuate, margins crenate-serrate, apex acute or acuminate. <b>Inflorescences</b> terminal or axillary, 1–5-flowered. <b>Flowers</b>: sepals 5; petals 5, pale green, often suffused with purple, round, 2–3 mm diam.; stamens 5; ovary spiny. <b>Capsules</b> pink, subglobose, 10–12 mm diam., unlobed or very shallowly 4–5-lobed, lobes clearly connate, surface spiny. <b>Seeds</b> subglobose, 4.5–5.5 mm; aril bright orange.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering spring; fruiting summer–fall.
|habitat=Rich, dry, or moist woods.
|elevation=100–1000 m.
|distribution=Ont.;Ark.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Ky.;Mich.;Mo.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Pa.;S.C.;Tenn.;W.Va.
|discussion=<p><i>Euonymus obovatus</i> can be difficult to separate from <i>E. americanus</i>, but the rooting stems of <i>E. obovatus</i> clearly differentiate them.</p>
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name=Euonymus obovatus
|author=
|authority=Nuttall
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Euonymus americanus var. obovatus
|basionyms=
|family=Celastraceae
|phenology=Flowering spring; fruiting summer–fall.
|habitat=Rich, dry, or moist woods.
|elevation=100–1000 m.
|distribution=Ont.;Ark.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Ky.;Mich.;Mo.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Pa.;S.C.;Tenn.;W.Va.
|reference=None
|publication title=Gen. N. Amer. Pl.
|publication year=1818
|special status=Endemic
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|genus=Euonymus
|species=Euonymus obovatus
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