Euonymus americanus: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Celastrales
- Family
- Celastraceae
- Genus
- Euonymus
- Species
- Euonymus americanus
- Scientific Name
- Euonymus americanus
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Euonymus americanus
Euonymus americanus is a species of flowering plant in the family Celastraceae. Common names include strawberry bush, American strawberry bush, bursting-heart, hearts-a-bustin, and hearts-bustin'-with-love. It is native to the eastern United States, its distribution extending as far west as Texas. It has also been recorded in Ontario.
This is a deciduous shrub growing up to 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) tall. The oppositely arranged leaves are leathery or papery in texture and measure up to 10 cm (3.9 in) long. Flowers are borne in the leaf axils on peduncles up to 2.2 cm (0.87 in) long. The yellow-green sepals are 1 or 2 cm (0.39 or 0.79 in) long and the greenish or reddish petals above are smaller. The fruit capsule is about 1.5 cm (0.59 in) wide with a red warty or spiny covering. The capsule splits into five sections, revealing seeds covered in bright red arils.
The seeds are dispersed by animals. Deer have been known to graze on this plant and seem to love the tender leaves and stems. Humans should take the red color of the seeds as a warning; they are known to be a strong laxative and cause severe diarrhea. In fact, this genus of plants in general is considered poisonous to humans.
...Euonymus americanus in languages:
- Chinese
- 美洲衛矛
- Czech
- brslen americký
- Dutch
- Amerikaanse kardinaalsmuts
- English
- strawberry bush
- English
- bursting-heart
- English
- American strawberry bush
- English
- hearts-a-bustin'
- English
- hearts-a-bustin' with love
- Estonian
- ameerika kikkapuu
- Polish
- trzmielina amerykańska
- Russian
- Бересклет американский
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Euonymus acanthocarpus
- Euonymus actinocarpus
- Euonymus alatus
- Euonymus americanus
- Euonymus angulatus
- Euonymus atropurpureus
- Euonymus australianus
- Euonymus baekdusanensis
- Euonymus balansae
- Euonymus barberi
- Euonymus benthamii
- Euonymus bockii
- Euonymus boninensis
- Euonymus bungeanus
- Euonymus carnosus
- Euonymus castaneifolius
- Euonymus centidens
- Euonymus chiapensis
- Euonymus chibae
- Euonymus cochinchinensis
- Euonymus cornutus
- Euonymus corymbosus
- Euonymus costaricensis
- Euonymus crenulatus
- Euonymus dichotomus
- Euonymus echinatus
- Euonymus europaeus
- Euonymus fimbriatus
- Euonymus fortunei
- Euonymus gibber
- Euonymus glaber
- Euonymus glandulosus
- Euonymus grandiflorus
- Euonymus hamiltonianus
- Euonymus hederaceus
- Euonymus indicus
- Euonymus japonicus
- Euonymus javanicus
- Euonymus kanyakumariensis
- Euonymus latifolius
- Euonymus laxiflorus
- Euonymus leiophloeus
- Euonymus lucidus
- Euonymus lutchuensis
- Euonymus macropterus
- Euonymus maximowiczianus
- Euonymus melananthus
- Euonymus mexicanus
- Euonymus miniata
- Euonymus morrisonensis
- Euonymus myrianthus
- Euonymus nanus
- Euonymus nitidus
- Euonymus obovatus
- Euonymus occidentalis
- Euonymus oxyphyllus
- Euonymus pallidifolia
- Euonymus pendulus
- Euonymus phellomanus
- Euonymus pleurostylioides
- Euonymus sachalinensis
- Euonymus sanguineus
- Euonymus schensianus
- Euonymus semenovii
- Euonymus serratifolius
- Euonymus spraguei
- Euonymus tashiroi
- Euonymus tingens
- Euonymus tsoi
- Euonymus vagans
- Euonymus verrucosus
- Euonymus walkeri
- Euonymus wilsonii
- Euonymus yunnanensis
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