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Phoradendron bolleanum
Also called Dense Mistletoe, Fir Mistletoe
Bollean mistletoe is a parasitic shrub that grows on the branches of trees, mainly junipers and madrones, drawing water and nutrients from its host. It cannot be grown in soil on its own and is not a practical garden or houseplant.
Phoradendron bolleanum, commonly called Bollean mistletoe, is a species of plant in the sandalwood family that is native to the desert southwest, California and southern Oregon in the United States and Mexico.
It is a hemiparasite found on trees in the genera Juniperus and Arbutus.
Phoradendron aequatoris · Mesquite mistletoe · Phoradendron canzacotoi · Downy mistletoe · Cory's mistletoe · Dense mistletoe · Juniper mistletoe · Oak mistletoe · Incense cedar mistletoe · Colorado Desert mistletoe · Phoradendron madisonii · Phoradendron nickrentianum
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Phoradendron bolleanum 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.
