Phoradendron californicum

Desert Mistletoe

A member of the Viscaceae, the Mistletoe Family

Fruiting branches.
The gray, spiny stems belong to the host plant.

Along Lanfair Road at end of pavement, east of Hackberry Mountain.

12 January 2005.

Detail of prior image.

The compound leaves at left and the spiny gray stems belong to the host
shrub, an unidentified legume (possibly Olneya).

12 January 2005.

Another detail of top image.

12 January 2005.

Habit, many mistletoe plants on same individual host as in prior images.

Hackberry Mountain in background.

12 January 2005.

This page created 29 June 2005; last revised 2 September 2008.

Mojave National Preserve, California

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of this eastern Mojave Desert region

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Mojave National Preserve, California *An unofficial website to celebrate the landscapes and life* *of this eastern Mojave Desert region*
Information	Map	Photo Tour
Plants	Animals	Links
This website created by Lee Dittmann of Mindbird Maps & Books, a Kingman, Arizona retail store. You can help support the development and maintenance of this site with your purchases of maps, magnifiers, field notebooks, field guides, and much more from the Mindbird website. See the Mindbird Maps & Books website at www.mindbird.com.