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Erianthemum dregei
Erianthemum dregei is a hemiparasitic shrub (a mistletoe) that grows on host trees across southern and East Africa, forming clumps up to about 2 m tall. It is not grown as a garden plant, and its care depends entirely on the host tree it grows on.
Erianthemum dregei is a species of parasitic plant in the family Loranthaceae, and is commonly known as the hairy mistletoe or wood flower.
These plants are native to Africa and are parasitic on a large number of tree species in higher rainfall areas from the Eastern Cape of South Africa, through KwaZulu-Natal, Eswatini and Mpumalanga, to East Africa, as far as northern Ethiopia. They are also found in southern Angola.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Erianthemum dregei 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.
