| Family | CELASTRACEAE |
| Genus species | Euonymus nanus M.Bieb. |
| Bibliography | Fl. Taur.-Caucas 3: 160 (1819) |
| Native Range | ne. Romania to Caucasus, Central Asia to Mongolia and. c. China |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | grassland and thickets |
| Description | leaves deciduous, 2-4cm long, narrowly oblong to linear, in opposite pairs, alternate or verticillate on the same plant, flowers 4-5mm across, tetramerous, fruit 1cm, pink |
| Size | 20-30cm |
| Color | brownish purple |
| Bloom | late spring |
| Ca | |
| Type | shrub |
| Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, semi-shade |
| Propagation | seed when ripe cuttings in late summer; layering in spring |
| Synonyms | Euonymus caucasicus Lodd. ex Loudon Euonymus koopmannii Lauche Euonymus lilieuri G.Nicholson Euonymus linifolius Dippel Euonymus nanus f. turkestanicus Dieck Euonymus nanus var. turkestanicus (Dieck) Krysht. Euonymus rosmarinifolius Vis. |
| Territory | 1 Europe 13 Southeastern Europe (ROM Romania) 14 Eastern Europe (KRY Krym, UKR Ukraine) 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan, UZB Uzbekistan) 33 Caucasus (TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (TUR Turkey) 36 China (CHI Inner Mongolia, CHN China North-Central, CHQ Qinghai) 37 Mongolia |