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|accepted_name=Euonymus alatus
|accepted_authority=(Thunberg) Siebold
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunst.
|place=12: 49. 1830
|year=1830
}}
|common_names=Oriental spindle-tree
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Selected by author to be illustrated
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Celastrus alatus
|authority=Thunberg in J. A. Murray
|publication_title=Syst. Veg. ed.
|publication_place=14, 237. 1784
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Euonymus alatus var. apterus
|authority=Loesener
}}
|hierarchy=Celastraceae;Euonymus;Euonymus alatus
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Celastraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Euonymus]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Euonymus alatus]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 12
|mention_page=page 123
|treatment_page=page 125
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs </b>1–4(–7) m. <b>Stems</b> erect; young branches 4-angled, becoming corky winged. <b>Leaves</b> deciduous; petiole 0.5–4 mm; blade narrowly elliptic, 2.5–6 × 0.5–2.5 cm, base attenuate or cuneate, margins denticulate, apex acuminate. <b>Inflorescences</b> axillary, (1–)3(–7)-flowered. <b>Flowers</b>: sepals 4; petals 4, yellowish green or white, oblong, 2–3 × 1.5–2 mm; stamens 4; ovary smooth. <b>Capsules</b> purple-brown, obovoid, 8–10 × 5–15 mm, deeply 2–4-lobed to base or only 1 lobe developing, lobes nearly distinct, surface smooth. <b>Seeds</b> ellipsoid, 7–8 × 4–5 mm; aril yellow or orange. <b>2n</b> = 64.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering spring–fall; fruiting summer–fall.
|habitat=Roadsides, old fields, thickets, woodlands.
|elevation=0–400 m.
|distribution=Ont.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Mo.;Mont.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;Utah;Vt.;Va.;W.Va.;Wis.;e Asia.
|discussion=<p>The leaves of <i>Euonymus alatus</i> become bright red or reddish purple in fall, one of the reasons for its widespread use as an ornamental.</p>
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name=Euonymus alatus
|author=
|authority=(Thunberg) Siebold
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Euonymus alatus var. apterus
|basionyms=Celastrus alatus
|family=Celastraceae
|phenology=Flowering spring–fall; fruiting summer–fall.
|habitat=Roadsides, old fields, thickets, woodlands.
|elevation=0–400 m.
|distribution=Ont.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Mo.;Mont.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;Utah;Vt.;Va.;W.Va.;Wis.;e Asia.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunst.
|publication year=1830
|special status=Introduced;Selected by author to be illustrated
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|genus=Euonymus
|species=Euonymus alatus
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