Burning Bush

Euonymus alatus

(Thunb.) Siebold Species

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Botanical name
Euonymus alatus
Also known as
Burning Bush, Burningbush, Oriental Spindle-Tree, Winged Burning Bush, Winged Burning-Bush, Winged Euonymus, Winged Spindle-Tree, Winged Spindletree
Family
Celastraceae
Genus
Euonymus
Reference
World Flora Online

How to grow Burning Bush

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Other names for this plant

These names have all been used for Euonymus alatus but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.

Celastrus alatus Celastrus striatus Euonymus alatus f. apterus Euonymus alatus f. ciliatodentatus Euonymus alatus f. compactus Euonymus alatus f. pilosus Euonymus alatus f. striatus Euonymus alatus f. striatus Euonymus alatus f. subtriflorus Euonymus alatus f. variegatus Euonymus alatus subsp. compactus Euonymus alatus subsp. sacrosanctus Euonymus alatus subvar. pilosus Euonymus alatus subvar. subtriflorus Euonymus alatus var. alatus Euonymus alatus var. apterus Euonymus alatus var. arakianus Euonymus alatus var. ciliatodentatus Euonymus alatus var. cornucarpus Euonymus alatus var. ellipticus Euonymus alatus var. hirtus Euonymus alatus var. latifolius Euonymus alatus var. macrophyllus Euonymus alatus var. microphyllus Euonymus alatus var. nakamurae Euonymus alatus var. pilosus Euonymus alatus var. pubescens Euonymus alatus var. rotundatus Euonymus alatus var. striatus Euonymus alatus var. uncinatus Euonymus alatus var. verus Euonymus arakianus Euonymus ellipticus Euonymus kawachianus Euonymus loeseneri Euonymus nakamurae Euonymus rotundatus Euonymus sacrosanctus Euonymus striatus Euonymus striatus Euonymus striatus f. ciliatodentatus Euonymus striatus subsp. alatus Euonymus striatus var. alatus Euonymus striatus var. cornucarpus Euonymus striatus var. hirtus Euonymus striatus var. pilosus Euonymus striatus var. pubescens Euonymus striatus var. rotundatus Euonymus subtriflorus Euonymus thunbergianus Euonymus verrucosus var. tchefouensis Melanocarya alata

Others in Euonymus

Euonymus europaeus
Common Spindle
Euonymus lawsonii
Euonymus indicus
Euonymus acanthocarpus
Euonymus aculeolus
Euonymus americanus
Bursting-Heart
Euonymus actinocarpus
Euonymus latifolius subsp. cauconis

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