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Tristerix verticillatus

Tristerix verticillatus
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0

Tristerix verticillatus is a hemiparasitic shrub in the mistletoe family that grows on the branches of host trees and shrubs in the Andes of Bolivia, Argentina and Chile. It is not grown as a garden or houseplant, and it depends on a suitable host plant to survive.

Family
Loranthaceae (Loranth family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
It draws water and nutrients from its host plant, so it needs no separate watering in the wild.
Temperature
Adapted to cool subtropical mountain climates; protect from hard frost.
How easy
Hard
Native range
Bolivia to Chile
Climate
subtropical

About

Tristerix verticillatus is a species of flowering plant in the family Loranthaceae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, and Chile.

Other Tristerix plants

Tristerix aphyllus · Tristerix corymbosus · Tristerix longebracteatus · Tristerix pubescens · Tristerix

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Tristerix verticillatus 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.

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