中文名（Chinese Name）：矮卫矛
学名（Scientific Name）：Euonymus nanus Bieb.
英文名（English Common Name）：
别名（Chinese Common Name）：
异名（Synonym）：Euonymus rosmarinifolia Vis.  Euonymus caucasica Lodd. ex Lod.  Euonymus koopmannii Lauche  Euonymus nana var. koopmannii (Lauche) Beissn.  Euonymus nana var. turkestanica Dieck. f.  Euonymus nana Bieb.  Euonymus caucasicus Lodd. ex Loudon  Euonymus rosmarinifolius Vis.  Euonymus linifolius Dippel  Euonymus nanus var. turkestanicus Dieck  Euonymus farreri
科属（Family & Genus）：卫矛科（Celastraceae）卫矛属
形态特征（Description）：小灌木，直立或有时匍匐，高约1米；枝条绿色，具多数纵棱。叶互生或三叶轮生偶有对生，线形或线状披针形，长1.5-3.5厘米，宽2.5-6毫米，先端钝，具短刺尖，基部钝或渐窄，边缘具稀疏短刺齿，常反卷，主脉明显，侧脉不明显；近无柄。聚伞花序1-3花；花序梗细长丝状，长2-3厘米；小花梗丝状，长8-15毫米，紫棕色；花紫绿色，直径7-8毫米，4数；雄蕊无花丝，花药顶裂；子房每室3-4胚珠。蒴果粉红色，扁圆，4浅裂，长约7毫米，直径约9毫米；种子稍扁球状，种皮棕色，假种皮橙红色，包被种子一半。花期5月上旬至7月下旬，果期8-9月。
分布（Distribution）：产于内蒙古、山西、陕西、宁夏、甘肃、青海、西藏。分布达中亚和前苏联。
用途（Use）：
引自中国植物志英文版FOC Vol. 11 Page 455, 459
Euonymus nanus M. Bieberstein, Fl. Taur.-Caucas. 3: 160. 1819.
矮卫矛 ai wei mao | Celastraceae  | Euonymus
Deciduous procumbent or ascending shrubs, 1-2 m tall; branches greenish gray, 4-angled, sturdy, twigs greenish, with 4 right angles. Petiole subsessile or only 1-2 mm; leaf blade thinly leathery, linear to linear-lanceolate, 2-7 × 2-20 mm, base subrounded or attenuate, margin entire, revolute, apex obtuse or acute; lateral veins invisible. Peduncle short and slender, 0.5-1.5(-2) cm, 1 dichotomous branch with few flowers, typically only central flower developing; pedicel ca. 5 mm. Flowers 4-merous, 5-6 mm in diam.; sepals semiorbicular, very small; petals white-green, suborbicular. Capsule obovoid-rhombic, base attenuate, 4-angled, pinkish or reddish when fresh, brown or yellow-brown to red-brown when dry, ca. 8 mm × 1 cm, sometimes only 2-3 locules developing. Seeds ovoid, dark brown, partially covered by orange aril. Fl. May-Jul, fr. Sep-Nov.
High mountain forests and scrub, dry habitats. Gansu, Nei Mongol, Ningxia, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shanxi [Mongolia, Russia; C, E, and S Europe].
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