Putnam Park Wildflowers


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.
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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