Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Santalales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Phoradendron leucarpum ssp. leucarpum
FAMILY
Santalaceae
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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.
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, 1938)
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.
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, 1938)
Phoradendron flavescens
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Shrub; Subshrub
Perennial
Dioecious
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common (uncommon in Piedmont & Mountains)
Habitat: Parasitic on various species of trees, especially abundant in swamp forests (perhaps because they are less frequently cut and have older, more mature hardwoods), per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Winter/SpringFall
Greenish
Unisexual
Radially symmetrical
Petals absent
FRUIT:
Winter/SpringFall
White
Berry
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p295
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast p057
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry p119
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont p297
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide p232
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p265