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Orange Mistletoe

Dendrophthoe glabrescens

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 Australia.January 22, February 15, March 18, April 40, May 64, June 46, July 60, August 72, September 44, October 57, November 66, December 44.
Australia548
Queensland479
New South Wales61
Northern Territory6
Western Australia2

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
GenusDendrophthoe

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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