Flower ID: IMG_0563.JPG-05-31-2017 Flower name (scientific): Euonymus alatus (Thunberg) Siebold PY: 1830. Pronunciation guide: (phonetic spelling) yoo-ON-ih-mus a-LAY-tus Flower name (common): Winged Burning-bush Family name (common): staff-vine (staff-tree, bittersweet) Family name (scientific): Celastraceae Scientific name origin: Genus: From the Greek euōnumos; Greek eus, for good, and onoma, for name, hence, having an honored name. Specific epithet: Latin for winged. Common name origin: From the bright red leaves in the fall, as though burning, and the wings that form on the new branchlets. Flower description: Size: 0.2 to 0.4 inches (5 to 10 mm) Petal count: 4 petals with 4 sepals. Color: Greenish-yellow Other: flower arrangement, Cluster-cyme Plant description: Size: 72 to 144 inches (1.8 to 3.7 m) Stem hairy: glabrous, but often has a corky wing on typically 2 (up to 4) of the stem edges. Other: Leaf description: attachment is opposite, type is simple Size: Leaves are abouut 2 to 6 cm long and 1 to 3 cm wide. Color: medium green Hairy: upper surface glabrous, lower surface glabrous or sparse hairs on the midrib. Other: Shape: leaf, narrowly elliptic (FNA), elliptic to broadly elliptic (IL) Origin (native, introduced, invasive): Introduced Status (common, uncommon, threatened, rare): Common Bloom time (typical): May to June Cycle (annual, biennial, perennial): Perennial Habitat: Woodlands, fields, thickets, disturbed areas, roadsides, sun or shade. Fruit: Capsules purple to brown colored, about 8 to 10 mm in length. Seed: orange colored, 7 to 8 mm in length. The seeds have an outer covering called an aril. Importance to wildlife: Similar species (if any): None close when in bloom. Ethnobotany: Latitude: Longitude: Altitude: Distribution: In Wisconsin: (Brown, Door, Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Dunn, Eau Claire, Grant, Green, Jefferson, Kenosha, La Crosse, Lafayette, Milwaukee, Outagamie, Portage, Richland, Rock, Sauk, Vilas, Walworth, Washington, Waupaca, Waushara, Winnebago) Click here for distribution map In US: (CT, DC, DE, GA, IA, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, MI, MO, MT, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, VA, VT, WI, WV) Click here for distribution map In Canada: (ON) Click here for distribution map References: Synonym(s): Basionym: Celastrus alatus Thunberg in J. A. Murray, Syst. Veg. ed. 14, 237. 1784. Homotypic Synonym(s): POWO lists 4 homotypic synonyms for this species. Heterotypic Synonym(s): POWO lists 44 heterotypic synonyms for this species. Autonym: na Wetland Status (NC): Not listed Wetland Status (MW): Not listed