Harlequin Mistletoe: Old Leaves

Harlequin Mistletoe (Lysiana exocarpi ssp exocarpi)

Class:

Plants (Plantae) - Land Plants (Charophyta) - Land Plants (Equisetopsida)

Order:

Sandalwoods (Santalales)

Family:

Mistletoe (Loranthaceae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Harlequin Mistletoe (Lysiana exocarpi ssp exocarpi)

This Photo:

Old Leaves

Thank you Andrew Allanson & Alan Dandie (Alan_Dandie) for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
Our example is parasiting off a Senna artemisioides ssp artemisioides.
A beautiful flower which is generally upright. All mistletoes we've seen to date have the flower hang.
The flowers are a rich mix of rusty green base, with bright fire-engine red tube, capped off with pale green / yellow petals.

This species is classed as

LC (Least Concern)

in the Murray Mallee, SA, by DENR (Regional Species Status Assessments, July 2010)

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