Burning bush spindletree
Euonymus alatus · Celastraceae · 화살나무
How to spot it
Stems and branches have 2-4 distinct corky wings.
Look
- Leaves
- Leaves are opposite with short stalks, elliptic or obovate, 3-5 cm long, with sharp fine teeth on the margin.
- Flowers
- In May, yellow-green flowers grow usually three together in cymes in the leaf axils, with four sepals, four petals and four stamens.
- Fruit
- The fruit is a red capsule with white seeds, maturing in October and staying on until December.
- Bark
- Bark is gray.
Where it grows
- In Korea
- Native
- Native to
- Found in Japan, China, Sakhalin and throughout Korea.
- Ecology
- A moderately shade-tolerant plant that grows well in sun and is cold-hardy. It is drought-tolerant and strong against salt but fairly weak against pollution.