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Euonymus europaeus
A deciduous shrub, some 3-4m tall. In winter, when most of the forest is naked, these shrubs leave these flushes of bright colours on edges of forests and hedges. What we see here are open and spent fruits: these four-lobe capsular fruits mature in autumn, and open liberating seeds. Then, these empty capsules remain on naked branches sometimes all winter, resisting to cold and frost.
Here seen on hedges and edges of a lowland oak forest near our town, suburbs of Geneva, Geneva lake valley.
All parts of the Spindle are toxic - I just don't know how dangerous they may be.
Spotted on Dec 6, 2021
Submitted on Dec 14, 2021
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