Accession Data

Viscum minimum

Common Name: Dwarf Mistletoe

Family: Santalaceae

Country of Origin: South Africa

Description: A rare stem parasite growing on only a single species of Euphorbia - E. polygona. Most of the plant consists of branching haustoria within the host plant. The visible portions consist of minute stems with a single 0.5mm internode and a whorl of 2 or 3 scale leaves (both photosynthetic, hence a hemiparasite) and a single inflorescence. Each inflorescence has 2 or 3 scale-bracts at the base, in the axils of which other cymules may arise. The whole inflorescence may thus be rather congested. The fruit is a smooth, red, globose berry 8-9mm in diameter.

Accession Data

Accession #: 199900613

Accession Date: 1999-12-07 00:00:00

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 2205

Quantity: 5

Source: John Trager - Huntington BG

Provenance: HBG 79361 ISI 96-60;

Culture: See Horwood, 1983 (below) for a more indepth discussion of the cultural requirements.

Classification

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Magnoliopsida

Subclass: core eudicots

Order: Santalales

Family: Santalaceae

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
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References

  1. About Viscum, a mistletoe - visited 22 April 2008
  2. Horwood, F. K., Two parasites of Euphorbia: Viscum minimum and Hydnora africana, The Euphorbia Journal, Vol 1, pg 45-8, Strawberry Press, 1983
  3. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Thursday, May 10, 2018.

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