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Drooping Mistletoe

Amyema pendula

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Australia.January 84, February 32, March 70, April 140, May 126, June 137, July 96, August 149, September 288, October 194, November 111, December 80.
Australia1,507
Victoria1,196
New South Wales204
South Australia61
Australian Capital Territory28
Queensland18

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

Traits

Group and habits

  • Human edibleListed as edible by a harvested source. This is a research trait, not foraging advice.Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species
  • ParasiteDescends from a lineage whose members commonly live parasitically on another organism.Inferred from its group

Edibility, toxicity and medicinal traits are records from datasets, not advice. Never eat, handle or use a wild species on the strength of an app.

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
Ordersandalwoods, mistletoes, and allies · Santalales
FamilyTropical Mistletoes · Loranthaceae
GenusAmyema

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