Celastrales (weeds)

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Celastrus orbiculatus flowers (click on image to enlarge it)
Source: Wikimedia Commons

Celastrales (weeds)

This order of flowering plants contains more than 1,000 species of woody plants and herbs. Several members are invasive weeds like the Oriental bittersweet, Celastrus orbiculatus, a climbing, woody vine that has spread from Asia to North America. The flowers of the Celastrales are typically small. They have a nectary disk and 4 or 5 sepals and petals.


The group includes the following weed families: