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|accepted_name=Euonymus atropurpureus
|accepted_authority=Jacquin
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Hort. Bot. Vindob.
|place=2: 55, plate 120. 1772/1773
|year=1773
}}
|common_names=Burning-bush;wahoo;spindle-tree
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=W
|label=Weedy
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Euonymus atropurpureus var. cheatumii
|authority=Lundell
|rank=variety
}}
|hierarchy=Celastraceae;Euonymus;Euonymus atropurpureus
|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 atropurpureus]]</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>or trees to 8 m. <b>Stems</b> erect; young braches terete, not corky winged. <b>Leaves</b> deciduous; petiole 6–20 mm; blade elliptic, oval, ovate, or obovate, 5–16 × 1–3 cm, base broadly cuneate to rounded, margins serrate, apex acuminate. <b>Inflorescences</b> terminal or axillary, 7–20-flowered. <b>Flowers</b>: sepals 4; petals 4, dark purple, nearly triangular, obovate, or oblong, 1.5–2 × 1.2–1.5 mm; stamens 4; ovary smooth. <b>Capsules</b> pinkish purple, obovoid, 11–13 × 15–17 mm, deeply 4-lobed, lobes clearly connate, surface smooth. <b>Seeds</b> ellipsoid, 5–7 × 4–5 mm; aril red. <b>2n</b> = 32.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering spring–summer; fruiting late summer–fall.
|habitat=Rich moist woods and thickets, hillsides.
|elevation=0–400 m.
|distribution=Ont.;Ala.;Ark.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Miss.;Mo.;Nebr.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;N.Dak.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;S.Dak.;Tenn.;Tex.;Va.;W.Va.;Wis.
|discussion=<p><i>Euonymus atropurpureus</i> is widely cultivated and has become naturalized in New England (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island). The root bark is used medicinally.</p>
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name=Euonymus atropurpureus
|authority=Jacquin
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Euonymus atropurpureus var. cheatumii
|basionyms=
|family=Celastraceae
|phenology=Flowering spring–summer; fruiting late summer–fall.
|habitat=Rich moist woods and thickets, hillsides.
|elevation=0–400 m.
|distribution=Ont.;Ala.;Ark.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Miss.;Mo.;Nebr.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;N.Dak.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;S.Dak.;Tenn.;Tex.;Va.;W.Va.;Wis.
|reference=None
|publication title=Hort. Bot. Vindob.
|publication year=1773
|special status=Weedy;Endemic
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|genus=Euonymus
|species=Euonymus atropurpureus
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