Dendrophthoe glabrescens, commonly known as smooth mistletoe or orange mistletoe, is a hemiparasitic plant of the mistletoe family Loranthaceae, found in eastern and northern Australia. It flowers from October to January. The flowers are tubular, with a green base, but where the tube splits open, it displays orange and bright red.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Orange mistletoe being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Dendrophthoe vitellina
- Lysiana subfalcata
- Dendrophthoe curvata
- Lysiana spathulata
- Amyema sanguinea
- Psittacanthus dichrous
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Santalales
- Family
- Loranthaceae
- Genus
- Dendrophthoe
- Species
- Dendrophthoe glabrescens
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