White-Dotted Red Mistletoe
Elytranthe pseudopsilantha
- Habit
- Shrub
- Flowering
- November-February
How to identify White-Dotted Red Mistletoe
Identify White-Dotted Red Mistletoe by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a shrub habit.
- Confirm leaf type: Normal leafy shrub.
- Confirm leaf surface: Glabrous (smooth, hairless).
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: November-February.
- Confirm it sits within the Loranthaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is White-Dotted Red Mistletoe.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Elytranthe pseudopsilantha
- Genus
- Elytranthe
- Family
- Loranthaceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Evergreen forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Flowering & fruiting
- November-February
Leaf characters
- Leaf type
- Normal leafy shrubrecorded
- Leaf surface
- Glabrous (smooth, hairless)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Characters marked “recorded” are for White-Dotted Red Mistletoe itself; the rest are typical of the Loranthaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Spike
- Fruit
- Berry
Typical of the Loranthaceae family — flowering plants only; individual species can differ.
About White-Dotted Red Mistletoe
White-Dotted Red Mistletoe (Elytranthe pseudopsilantha) belongs to the Loranthaceae family, where it grows as a shrub. It grows in evergreen forests. Flowering and fruiting run from November to February.
Loranthaceae
Mistletoe Family
White-Dotted Red Mistletoe belongs to the Loranthaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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