Climbing Bittersweet |
Climbing Bittersweet |
Celastrus scandens |
Staff Tree Family - Celastraceae |
The woody stems of this vine twine around each other or adjacent plants and bear
varying numbers of small (4 mm wide) greenish white flowers in terminal groups
and oval, pointed leaves (5 to 10 cm long) with a finely toothed margin. |
Yellow-orange fruit splits in the fall revealing the scarlet seeds. (Photographed - June) |
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