Euonymus macropterus
{{Short description|Species of plant}}{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}}
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| image = Euonymus macroptera.2.JPG
| image_caption = Fruit
| image2 = Euonymus macroptera.1.JPG
| image2_caption = Sapling
| genus = Euonymus
| species = macropterus
| authority = Rupr.
| synonyms =
- Euonymus ussuriensis {{small|Maxim.}}
- Kalonymus macroptera {{small|(Rupr.) Prokh.}}
- Turibana macroptera {{small|(Rupr.) Nakai}}
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Euonymus macropterus is a species of flowering plant in the family Celastraceae.{{cite web |url=https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/7006/euonymus-macropterus/details |title=Euonymus macropterus |author=|date=2025 |website=Find a plant |publisher=The Royal Horticultural Society |access-date=4 January 2025 |quote=4 suppliers }} It{{nbsp}}is native to southern Russian Far East, including Sakhalin and the Kuriles, Manchuria, the Korean peninsula, and Japan.{{cite POWO |id=160993-1 |title=Euonymus macropterus Rupr. |access-date=4 January 2025 }} A deciduous shrub reaching {{cvt|3|m|0}} tall and equally wide, it is typically found in mixed evergreen/deciduous forests, and in scrublands, at elevations from {{cvt|300|to|2100|m|-2}}.{{cite web |url=http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200012810 |title=黄心卫矛 huang xin wei mao |author=|date=2025 |website=Flora of China |publisher=Missouri Botanical Garden & Harvard University Herbaria |access-date=4 January 2025 }}
Valued for its pink seed cases that open to expose orange (or bright red) arils, and for its vibrant fall foliage, it is available from commercial suppliers.{{cite web |url=https://www.treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/euonymus/euonymus-macropterus |title=Euonymus macropterus Rupr. |author= |date=2025 |website=Trees and Shrubs Online |publisher=International Dendrology Society |access-date=4 January 2025 }} There appears to be a cultivar, 'Mount Fuji'.{{cite web |url=https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/383856/euonymus-macropterus-mount-fuji/details |title=Euonymus macropterus 'Mount Fuji' spindle 'Mount Fuji' |author=|date=2025 |website=Find a plant |publisher=The Royal Horticultural Society |access-date=4 January 2025 }}
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Category:Flora of the Russian Far East
Category:Plants described in 1857
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