Euonymus atropurpureus (Burning bush)

10/29/2010 · Nashua River Rail Trail, Groton Center, Groton, Massachusetts · ≈ 8 × 5″ (19 × 13 cm)

10/18/2008 · Kimball’s Ice Cream, Westford, Massachusetts · ≈ 3½ × 2½″ (8.9 × 7.3 cm)

Kingdom	Plantae	Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin)
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta	Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients
Division	Magnoliophyta	Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms
Class	Magnoliopsida	Dicotyledons—plants with two initial seed leaves
Subclass	Rosidae	Roses, legumes, proteas, dogwoods, hydrangeas, mistletoes, euphorbias, grapes, many more
Order	Celastrales	About 1300 varied mostly tropical and subtropical plants
Family	Celastraceae	Staff vine or bittersweet family of vines, shrubs and small trees
Genus	Euonymus	From the Greek eu, “good,” and onoma, “a name”
Species	atropurpureus	Dark purple