Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read about Eastern Mistletoe from Lytton Musselman and the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society.
Read more about Mistletoe at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Santalales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Phoradendron leucarpum ssp. leucarpum
FAMILY
Santalaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Phoradendron leucarpum
FAMILY
Viscaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
New combinations in Phoradendron leucarpum (Viscaceae) (Abbott & Thompson, 2011)
Phoradendron serotinum ssp. serotinum
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 061-01-001:
Phoradendron serotinum
FAMILY
Loranthaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Phoradendron flavescens
COMMON NAME:
American Mistletoe, Christmas Mistletoe
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JK Marlow s041216_a
December Pickens County SC
Greenish branches with opposite, oblong, leathery leaves, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont.