Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Amylotheca dictyophleba
Common name
Brush mistletoe
Family
Loranthaceae
Where found
Parasitic on many species of rainforest trees. Coast and ranges north of Nowra.
Notes
Mistletoe, stems about 0.6 m long, spreading to drooping. Plants attached to the host by a bulbous union. External runners present. Fruit fleshy, sticky. Stems hairless. Leaves opposite each other, 6-13 cm long, 20-60 mm wide, upper surface usually shining, lower surface dull, tips pointed to rounded. Flowers usually red or orange, often grading into green and yellow near the tips, 28-40 mm long, tubular, with 6 lobes. Flowers held erect, in clusters with 1-6 pairs either of single flowers or of 3 flowers. Ripe fruit red, purple, or black, more or less round, 10-14 mm long.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Amylotheca~dictyophleba (accessed 3 January, 201)
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