Euonymus occidentalis
Pacif. Railr. Rep. 4(5): 74. 1857.
Common names: Western spindle-tree
Endemic
Shrubs 2–6 m. Stems erect or scandent; young branches 4-angled, not corky winged. Leaves deciduous; petiole 3–15 mm; blade ovate to obovate, 4–10 × 2–7 cm, base rounded to narrowly cuneate, margins serrulate, apex obtuse, rounded, or acuminate. Inflorescences axillary, 1–5 flowered. Flowers: sepals 5; petals 5, brownish purple sometimes spotted, round or oblong, 3–6.5 × 2–4 mm; stamens 5; ovary smooth. Capsules pink to purple, subglobose to obovoid, 11–12 × 12–15 mm, moderately 3 (–5) -lobed, lobes clearly connate, surface smooth. Seeds obovoid, 6–8 × 4–5 mm; aril orange to red.
Distribution
B.C., Calif., Oreg., Wash.
Discussion
Varieties 2 (2 in the flora).
Selected References
None.
Key
| 1 | Leaf blade apices acuminate; twigs greenish; inflorescences 1–5-flowered. | Euonymus occidentalis var. occidentalis |
| 1 | Leaf blade apices obtuse or rounded; twigs whitish; inflorescences 3–5-flowered. | Euonymus occidentalis var. parishii |
... more about "Euonymus occidentalis"
hypogynous +
dehiscing +
not beaked +
acuminate;rounded;acuminate;rounded;obtuse +
obscure +
ovate;obovate +
winged +
young +
not corky +
4-angled +
Western spindle-tree +
nutlike +
symmetric +
bisexual +
(1-)2-5-locular +
loculicidal +
absent +
flowered +
axillary +
simple +
fascicled +
opposite +
deciduous +
connate +
serrulate +
intrastaminal +
absent +
rudimentary +
annular +
fleshy +
axile +
superior +
0;1/2 +
anatropous +
hypogynous +
brownish purple sometimes spotted +
distinct +
3mm;6.5mm +
absent +
absent +
4-5-carpellate +
Pacif. Railr. Rep. +
1857 +
not winged +
surrounding +
obovoid +
distinct +
longitudinal +
Endemic +
adnate +
absent +
scandent +
erect +
absent +
connate +
absent +
Euonymus occidentalis +
Euonymus +
species +
fascicles +