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Phoradendron juniperinum
Also called Incense Cedar Mistletoe
A hemiparasitic shrub that grows attached to juniper trees, drawing water and nutrients from their branches while photosynthesizing some of its own energy. It is a wild plant of southwestern North America and is not grown as a garden or houseplant.
Phoradendron juniperinum is a species of flowering plant in the sandalwood family known by the common name juniper mistletoe. It is native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, where it grows in various types of woodland habitat. It has been reported from California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Texas, Chihuahua and Sonora.
This mistletoe parasitizes species of juniper, including Utah (Juniperus osteosperma), Rocky Mountain (J. scopulorum), and western juniper (J. occidentalis).
Several Native American tribes used this mistletoe for medicinal purposes, for teas, and at times for food.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Phoradendron juniperinum 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.
