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Amyema nestor
Woolly Mistletoe is a hemiparasitic plant that grows on the branches of acacia trees in Western Australia, taking water and nutrients from its host. It cannot be grown in ordinary pots or soil and is not a typical garden plant.
Amyema nestor is a species of epiphytic hemiparasitic plant in the family Loranthaceae. It is native to Western Australia, and found growing only on acacias.
The species was first described in 1897 as Loranthus nestor by Spencer Le Marchant Moore, but was transferred to the genus, Amyema, in 1929 by Benedictus Hubertus Danser.
Amyema arthrocaulis · Twin Leaf Mistletoe · Twin Fork Mistletoe · Amyema biniflora · Needle Leaf Mistletoe · Variable Mistletoe · Amyema dolichopoda · Pincushion Mistletoe · Paperbark Mistletoe · Hakea Mistletoe · Amyema lisae · Mangrove Mistletoe
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Amyema nestor by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
