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Euonymus fortunei
'Minimus'
Dwarf Wintercreeper
Celastraceae
Located in small planter by red trailer near Benton
museum.
- Leaves opposite, evergreen to semi-evergreen, ovate
- leaves have crenate-serrate margin, bright green
- leaves small relative to other E. fortunei forms
- buds imbricate, pointed, divergent
- stems green, smooth
- flowers and fruit absent, this is a juvenile form
- habit is a low-growing, spreading small shrub
- plant usually has a groundcover habit
- plant may climb as a vine (with aerial roots) if a support is present
- plant may have reverted branches which display larger leaves and
flowers/fruit (round capsule with orange seed)
View Euonymus fortunei
page in the UConn Plant Database
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