Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Celastrales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Euonymus obovatus
FAMILY
Celastraceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Euonymus obovatus
FAMILY
Celastraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Euonymus obovatus
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Euonymus obovata
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 113-03-003:
Euonymus obovatus FAMILY Celastraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Euonymus obovatus
COMMON NAME:
Running Strawberry-bush, Trailing Strawberry-bush, Trailing Wahoo
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_euob9_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm140418_327
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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JK Marlow jkm140418_330
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Upper leaves widest at or beyond the middle; petioles mostly 3-5mm long, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmeobovatus_flwr2
April
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JK Marlow jkm060508_126
May Macon County NC
Nantahala National Forest: Wayah Ranger District
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JK Marlow jkm060508_128
May Macon County NC
Nantahala National Forest: Wayah Ranger District
A trailing shrub with leaves obovate, widest above middle, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmeobovatus_wad
May Pickens County SC
Jocassee Gorges
Flowers on axillary peduncles and similar to E. americanus, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmeobovatus_1
Month Unknown
Similar to E. americanus but prostrate, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmeobovatus_2
Month Unknown
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Euonymus obovatus
FAMILY
Celastraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Euonymus obovatus
FAMILY
Celastraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Euonymus obovatus
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Euonymus obovata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 113-03-003:
Euonymus obovatus
FAMILY
Celastraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Euonymus obovatus
542
Shrub
Perennial
Habitat: cove forests, northern hardwood forests, other mesic forests, especially in boulderfields, where sometimes locally abundant, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon in NC Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Greenish
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5 sepals
5 petals
5 stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Red
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers (Campbell, Hutson, Sharp, & Hutson, 1962) p134
- How to Recognize Shrubs (Grimm, 1966) p176
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989) p089
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p304
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p155
- Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance) p16
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p136
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p094
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