Irish wildflowers
Photographs: the Gearagh, Co. Cork |
Spindle Euonymus europaeus Feoras Family: Celastraseae Flowering May-June. Fruiting September-October. Deciduous shrub/small tree. Native Clusters of 3-10 inconspicuous greenish-white flowers with 4-petals. The fruit are bright pink and 4-lobed, containing poisonous seeds with orange sheaths. Finely toothed, opposite leaves are oval-lanceolate and turn orange-red in the autumn. Green, 4-angled twigs. Height 2-6m. Prefers free-draining base-rich soils in hedges, scrub and deciduous woodland. Native throughout Ireland but also introduced from garden and woodland plantings. |
Spindle, Euonymus europaeus, Feoras
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