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Hawksworth's Mistletoe

Phoradendron hawksworthii

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 9, February 9, March 12, April 19, May 11, June 6, July 5, August 5, September 6, October 9, November 9, December 8.
United States157
Texas103
New Mexico54

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

  • Shrub growth formListed by a harvested source as having a shrub or bush growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Subshrub growth formListed by a harvested source as having a subshrub growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Perennial plantListed by a harvested source as having a perennial life duration.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • ParasiteDescends from a lineage whose members commonly live parasitically on another organism.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
Ordersandalwoods, mistletoes, and allies · Santalales
Familysandalwood family · Santalaceae
Genusleafy mistletoes · Phoradendron

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Hawksworth's Mistletoe with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.