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Smooth mistletoe

Dendrophthoe glabrescens

Also called Orange Mistletoe

Smooth mistletoe
Photo: MargaretRDonald, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Loranthaceae (Loranth family)
Grows as
Epiphyte
Native range
Lesser Sunda Is., Papua New Guinea, N. & E. Australia
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Dendrophthoe glabrescens, commonly known as smooth mistletoe or orange mistletoe, is a hemiparasitic plant of the mistletoe family Loranthaceae, found in eastern and northern Australia. It flowers from October to January. The flowers are tubular, with a green base, but where the tube splits open, it displays orange and bright red.

Other Dendrophthoe plants

Dendrophthoe falcata · Dendrophthoe lanosa · Dendrophthoe memecylifolia · Long Flower Mistletoe · Dendrophthoe

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Dendrophthoe glabrescens by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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.

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