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Read about Eastern Mistletoe from Lytton Musselman and the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Santalales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Phoradendron leucarpum ssp. leucarpum
FAMILY
Santalaceae
LESS THAN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Phoradendron leucarpum
FAMILY
Viscaceae
LESS THAN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 061-01-001:
Phoradendron serotinum
FAMILY
Loranthaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
New combinations in Phoradendron leucarpum (Viscaceae) (Abbott & Thompson 2011)
Phoradendron serotinum ssp. serotinum
LESS THAN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Phoradendron flavescens
COMMON NAME:
American Mistletoe, Christmas Mistletoe
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_phfl2_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm0301a_09a
January Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm0302b_07
February Greenville County SC
Roadside
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JK Marlow jkm0402f_05
February Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm130224_300
February Pickens County SC
SC Botanical Garden
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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.