Widewater Lagoon, Shoreham-by-Sea, W. Sussex (along the scrubland by the lagoons). European Spindle has very different flowers amd four-lobed berries.

Evergreen / Japanese Spindle (Euonymus japonicus) (24/07/2022) Widewater Lagoon, Shoreham-by-Sea, W. Sussex (along the scrubland by the lagoons). European Spindle has very different flowers amd four-lobed berries.

Evergreen / Japanese Spindle (Euonymus japonicus) (24/07/2022) Widewater Lagoon, Shoreham-by-Sea, W. Sussex (along the scrubland by the lagoons).

Widewater Lagoon, Shoreham-by-Sea, W. Sussex (along the scrubland by the lagoons). It tends to be more sizeable than European Spindle.

Evergreen / Japanese Spindle (Euonymus japonicus) (24/07/2022) Widewater Lagoon, Shoreham-by-Sea, W. Sussex (along the scrubland by the lagoons). It tends to be more sizeable than European Spindle.

Widewater Lagoon, Shoreham-by-Sea, W. Sussex (along the scrubland by the lagoons). European Spindle instead has flowers with longer and narrower petals (really, sepals) not these rounded ones.

Evergreen / Japanese Spindle (Euonymus japonicus) (24/07/2022) Widewater Lagoon, Shoreham-by-Sea, W. Sussex (along the scrubland by the lagoons). European Spindle instead has flowers with longer and narrower petals (really, sepals) not these rounded ones.

Evergreen / Japanese Spindle (Euonymus japonicus) (24/07/2022) Widewater Lagoon, Shoreham-by-Sea, W. Sussex (along the scrubland by the lagoons).

Widewater Lagoon, Shoreham-by-Sea, W. Sussex (along the scrubland by the lagoons). Young buds developing in the leaf axle.

Evergreen / Japanese Spindle (Euonymus japonicus) (24/07/2022) Widewater Lagoon, Shoreham-by-Sea, W. Sussex (along the scrubland by the lagoons). Young buds developing in the leaf axle.

Evergreen / Japanese Spindle (Euonymus japonicus) (01/09/2021) Henfield Road from West Mill Lane to New Hall Lane.

Henfield Road from West Mill Lane to New Hall Lane. This is the real differentiator between European and Evergreen - within the crenelated margins of the leaves are hyathodes - the weeny brown bits you can see on this leaf within the teeth. European spindle lacks these.

Evergreen / Japanese Spindle (Euonymus japonicus) (01/09/2021) Henfield Road from West Mill Lane to New Hall Lane. This is the real differentiator between European and Evergreen - within the crenelated margins of the leaves are hyathodes - the weeny brown bits you can see on this leaf within the teeth. European spindle lacks these.

Henfield Road from West Mill Lane to New Hall Lane. Spindles have leaves with pale undersides.

Evergreen / Japanese Spindle (Euonymus japonicus) (01/09/2021) Henfield Road from West Mill Lane to New Hall Lane. Spindles have leaves with pale undersides.

Henfield Road from West Mill Lane to New Hall Lane, Berries are round, not four lobed like European Spindle. The one to the right splitting open to reveal the red seeds (instead more orangey for European).

Evergreen / Japanese Spindle (Euonymus japonicus) (01/11/2021) Henfield Road from West Mill Lane to New Hall Lane, Berries are round, not four lobed like European Spindle. The one to the right splitting open to reveal the red seeds (instead more orangey for European).