Dendrophthoe glabrescens


Dendrophthoe glabrescens, commonly known as smooth mistletoe or orange mistletoe, is a hemiparasitic plant of the mistletoe family Loranthaceae, found in eastern and northern Australia. It flowers from October to January. The flowers are tubular, with a green base, but where the tube splits open, it displays orange and bright red.

Taxonomy

It was first described in 1925 as Loranthus vitellinus var. glabrescens by William Blakely, and in 1962 was transferred to the genus, Dendrophthoe, and raised to species status by Bryan Barlow.