OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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   Go to FSUS key



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


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image of Euonymus obovatus, Running Strawberry-bush, Trailing Strawberry-bush, Trailing Wahoo

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_euob9_001_lvd

        

image of Euonymus obovatus, Running Strawberry-bush, Trailing Strawberry-bush, Trailing Wahoo

JK Marlow    jkm140418_327

April    Sevier County    TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

image of Euonymus obovatus, Running Strawberry-bush, Trailing Strawberry-bush, Trailing Wahoo

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).

image of Euonymus obovatus, Running Strawberry-bush, Trailing Strawberry-bush, Trailing Wahoo

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmeobovatus_flwr2

April        

image of Euonymus obovatus, Running Strawberry-bush, Trailing Strawberry-bush, Trailing Wahoo

JK Marlow    jkm060508_126

May    Macon County    NC

Nantahala National Forest: Wayah Ranger District

image of Euonymus obovatus, Running Strawberry-bush, Trailing Strawberry-bush, Trailing Wahoo

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).

image of Euonymus obovatus, Running Strawberry-bush, Trailing Strawberry-bush, Trailing Wahoo

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).

image of Euonymus obovatus, Running Strawberry-bush, Trailing Strawberry-bush, Trailing Wahoo

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmeobovatus_1

Month Unknown        

Similar to E. americanus but prostrate, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Euonymus obovatus, Running Strawberry-bush, Trailing Strawberry-bush, Trailing Wahoo

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

 

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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)

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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

 

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