Euonymus americanus

Strawberry bush or American strawberry bush or bursting heart is in the bittersweet or Celastraceae family and is deciduous shrub native to the eastern United States, extending as far west as Texas. It is a deciduous shrub that can grow up to 2 m tall.

• Leaves are opposite, ovate-elliptic, up to 7.5 cm long and 1–4 cm broad, pointed, with finely-toothed margins, turning dark orange-red in the fall.
• Flowers are inconspicuous 5-petaled, greenish-yellow, from the leaf axils in May-June.
• Fruits are warty, crimson-red in the fall, 2 cm in diameter, purportedly resembling strawberries, hence the common name of strawberry bush, having 5-lobed capsules which split open when ripe.