Twigs green, lined with bladelike corky ridges on 4 sides. Flowers purple, clustered.
Fruits reddish, berrylike, under purple woody bracts .
Fruits August - November. Often planted as an ornamental shrub. The burning bush is also called Winged Euonymus, because of the winglike ridges on the twigs. The berries are poisonous to children. Many varieties of Euonymus are cultivated as ornamental plants.