Euonymus wilsonii

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| species = wilsonii

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Euonymus wilsonii, the Chinese euonymus, is a species of flowering plant in the family Celastraceae.{{cite web |url=https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/7022/euonymus-wilsonii/details |title=Euonymus wilsonii Chinese euonymus |author=|date=2025 |website=Find a plant |publisher=The Royal Horticultural Society |access-date=2 January 2025 |quote=3 suppliers }} It is native to central and southern China.{{cite POWO |id=161183-1 |title=Euonymus wilsonii Sprague |access-date=2 January 2025 }} A large, lax shrub typically {{cvt|3|to|4|m|ft|0}} tall, it is found in forests and scrublands at elevations from {{cvt|1000|to|2600|m}}.{{cite web |url=http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200012828 |title=长刺卫矛 chang ci wei mao |author=|date=2025 |website=Flora of China |publisher=Missouri Botanical Garden & Harvard University Herbaria |access-date=2 January 2025 }}

In cultivation it is valued for its spiky yellow fruit that the Royal Horticultural Society says "resemble little yellow hedgehogs dangling in the breeze".{{cite web |url=https://www.treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/euonymus/euonymus-wilsonii/ |title=Euonymus wilsonii Sprague |author= |date=2025 |website=Trees and Shrubs Online |publisher=International Dendrology Society |access-date=2 January 2025 |quote=remarkable hedgehog-like fruits }} It is available from commercial suppliers, but is often confused with Euonymus myrianthus, the many-flowered spindle.{{cite web |url=https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/7008/euonymus-myrianthus/details |title=Euonymus myrianthus many-flowered spindle |author=|date=2025 |website=Find a plant |publisher=The Royal Horticultural Society |access-date=2 January 2025 |quote=Synonyms; Euonymus sargentianus, Euonymus wilsonii misapplied ... 10 suppliers }}