Euonymus sanguineus

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| image = Euonymus sanguineus - Flickr - peganum.jpg

| image_caption = In bloom

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Lin, Q. |author2=Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI). |author3=IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group. |year=2019 |title=Euonymus sanguineus |volume=2019 |page=e.T147647010A147647012 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T147647010A147647012.en |access-date=14 December 2024 }}

| genus = Euonymus

| species = sanguineus

| authority = Loes.

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| synonyms = {{Collapsible list|

• Euonymus monbeigii {{small|W.W.Sm.}}
• Euonymus sanguineus var. brevipedunculatus {{small|Loes.}}
• Euonymus sanguineus var. camptoneurus {{small|Loes.}}
• Euonymus sanguineus var. lanceolatus {{small|S.Z.Qu & Y.H.He}}
• Euonymus sanguineus var. laxus {{small| Loes. ex Diels}}
• Euonymus sanguineus var. orthoneurus {{small|Loes.}}
• Euonymus sanguineus var. pachyphyllus {{small|Pamp.}}
• Euonymus sanguineus var. paedidus {{small|L.M.Wang}}

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Euonymus sanguineus, the blood red spindle, is a species of flowering plant in the family Celastraceae.{{cite web |url=https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/7016/euonymus-sanguineus/details |title=Euonymus sanguineus blood red spindle |author=|date=2024 |website=Find a plant |publisher=The Royal Horticultural Society |access-date=14 December 2024 |quote=1 suppliers }} It is native to Nepal, and to nearly all of China except Xinjiang, Manchuria, and Hainan.{{cite POWO |id=161108-1 |title=Euonymus sanguineus Loes. |access-date=14 December 2024 }} A deciduous shrub reaching {{cvt|3|to|5|m|ft|0}}, it is typically found in scrublands and mixed evergreen/deciduous forests, at elevations from {{cvt|1800|to|3700|m|-3}}.{{cite web |url=http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200012821 |title=石枣子 shi zao zi |author=|date=2024 |website=Flora of China |publisher=Missouri Botanical Garden & Harvard University Herbaria |access-date=14 December 2024 }} It may be available from specialty suppliers.