Phoradendron pauciflorum
| Phoradendron pauciflorum | |
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| fir mistletoe growing on a fir branch | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Santalales |
| Family: | Santalaceae |
| Genus: | Phoradendron |
| Species: | P. pauciflorum
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| Binomial name | |
| Phoradendron pauciflorum | |
Phoradendron pauciflorum is a species of flowering plant in the sandalwood family known by the common name fir mistletoe. It is native to coniferous forests in California, Arizona, and Baja California.[1]
This mistletoe is a parasitic plant on its single known host tree, the white fir (Abies concolor). It is a shrub producing many erect green branches which can exceed half a meter long. Its stems are lined with pairs of small, oppositely arranged leaves with widely lance-shaped blades up to 2.5 centimeters long.[1]
As a
dioecious, with male and female individuals producing different forms of inflorescence. Female flowers yield yellowish to light pink spherical berries each about 4 millimeters wide.[1]
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