Euonymus spp. is toxic to cats, dogs and horses. The reported severity is moderate. Also known as Spindles, Winged Euonymus and Fortune's Spindle.
If your animal ate this plant, call your veterinarian, the ASPCA Animal Poison Control on (888) 426-4435 or the Pet Poison Helpline on (855) 764-7661. Fees may apply.
Vomiting Diarrhea Abdominal Pain Weakness Cardiac Arrhythmias
The color of each symptom follows the severity scale above.
Euonymus is a genus of flowering plants in the staff vine family Celastraceae. Common names vary widely among different species and between different English-speaking countries, but include spindle, burning-bush, strawberry-bush, wahoo, wintercreeper, or simply euonymus. It has about 140 species of deciduous and evergreen shrubs, small trees and lianas. They are mostly native to East Asia, extending to the Himalayas, and they are also distributed in Europe, Australasia, North America, and Madagascar. Fifty species are endemic to China.
Also recorded as Burningbush, Spindle Bushes, Spindle trees, Spindletree, burning bushes and euonymus.
More from the Celastraceae family:
Countries with the most wild observations, from GBIF data.