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Bollean mistletoe

Phoradendron bolleanum

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) luispauperrimo, some rights reserved (CC BY)

24 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 45, February 39, March 41, April 51, May 49, June 36, July 31, August 32, September 40, October 41, November 53, December 41.
United States643
California498
Nevada80
Texas33
Mexico31
Arizona16
Durango12
New Mexico9
Oregon7
Jalisco7

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 Bollean mistletoe with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.