Distribution: Occurring west of the Cascades crest in southwestern Washington; British Columbia to California.
Habitat: Moist woods at low to middle elevations.
Flowers: May-June
Origin: Native
Growth Duration: Perennial
Conservation Status: Sensitive in Washington (WANHP)
Straggling shrubs 2-5 m. tall, the branches glabrous and marked with fine, parallel lines.
Leaves opposite, deciduous, thin, oblong-lanceolate, serrate, acuminate, 5-10 cm. long.
Flowers in axillary, 3-flowered cymes on long, slender peduncles; sepals 5, united at the base, rounded; petals 5, about 5 mm. long, greenish- and purplish-mottled to purplish-red; stamens 5, attached to the edge of a flattened disk, the ovary sunken in the disk; anthers much longer than the filaments; style 1, very short.
Capsule 3-lobed, the seeds covered with a reddish-orange growth.
Publication: Pacif. Railr. Rep. 4(5): 74. 1857.
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var. occidentalis – western wahoo
Occurring west of the Cascades crest in southwestern Washington; British Columbia to California.
PNW Herbaria: Specimen records of Euonymus occidentalis in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database
WA Flora Checklist: Euonymus occidentalis checklist entry
OregonFlora: Euonymus occidentalis information
E-Flora BC: Euonymus occidentalis atlas page
CalPhotos: Euonymus occidentalis photos
