Scientific Name: Dendrophthoe vitellina

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  • Common Name:
    Apostle Mistletoe
  • Type:
    shrub epiphyte parasite , Mistletoe
  • Family:
    LORANTHACEAE
  • Flowers:
    Yellow with pointed red tips - spring
  • Vegetation Type:
    Wallum Woodland
  • Species List:
    Stratford Park, Emu Mt., Batianoff 87,
Identification Notes

Parasite on Swamp Box whose leaves it resembles, also on wide range of hosts

Associated Fauna

Butterfly larval food plant : Scarlet Jezebel (Northern Jezebel) and Black Jezebel (Common Jezebel), pictured.