Celastraceae
Fortune's spindle
Euonymus fortunei
- Family
- Celastraceae
- Genus
- Euonymus
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Common names
By language (13)
- Chinese
- 常春卫矛, 常春衛矛, 扶芳藤, 扶芳藤（爬行卫矛）, 胶东卫矛, 胶州卫矛, 爬行卫矛
- Czech
- Brslen Fortunův
- Danish
- Krybende Benved
- English
- Fortune's spindle, Winter creeper, Wintercreeper, Spindle
- German
- Kletter-Spindelstrauch, Kriechspindel
- hsb
- Wijaty kapralc
- Hungarian
- Repkénykecskerágó, Borostyán-kecskerágó
- Japanese
- ツルマサキ
- Korean
- 좀사철나무
- Persian
- شمشاد پیچ
- Polish
- Trzmielina Fortune'a, Trzmielina pnąca
- Spanish
- Euomymus fortunei var patens, Euomymus fortunei var. patens
- Swedish
- Klätterbenved
Synonyms
- Cassine fortunei (Turcz.) Kuntze
- Elaeodendron fortunei Turcz.
- Euonymus carrieri Vauv. ex Carrière
- Euonymus radicans (Miq.) Siebold ex Hand.-Mazz.
- Euonymus radicans var. alticolus Hand.-Mazz.
- Euonymus radicans var. minima Simon-Louis
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: James H. Miller, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: User:SB_Johnny, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Laxskinn, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: James H. Miller, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: James H. Miller, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jil Swearingen, USDI National Park Service, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: James H. Miller, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: James H. Miller, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: James H. Miller, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: James H. Miller, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bloomington Urban Woodlands Project, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bloomington Urban Woodlands Project, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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- Euonymus angulatusCelastraceae
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.