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Peraxilla colensoi
Peraxilla colensoi, also known as pirita or pirinoa (Te Reo Māori) and scarlet mistletoe (English), is a shrubby mistletoe endemic to New Zealand that is parasitic primarily on tawai/silver beech (Nothofagus menziesii). When flowering, P. colensoi is called korukoru by in Te Reo Māori. It was described by Joseph Dalton Hooker in 1844 as Loranthus colensoi.
Peraxilla colensoi is endemic to the silver beech forests of the North and South Islands of New Zealand. It is found in the North from Te Aroha and the Raukūmara Range, to The Catlins in the South.
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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.
