Lysiana casuarinae (Miq.) Tiegh.

A stem parasite. It grows attached to and feeding on a host plant. It is usually on trees less than 2 m tall. It has a weeping, drooping habit. The leaves are dull green. They are up to 9 cm long by 1.5 cm wide. They are like cylinders but slightly enlarged at the base. The flowers are like tubes and bright red. They are 5 cm long. They occur either singly or in pairs. They split open to expose the anthers and style. Each flower produces a seed covered with a sticky substance. It also has a sweet, sugary layer under the thin red or pink casing. This fruit is oval and 1 cm long.

It grows on salt sheoak, Casuarina obesa in the SW region of Western Australia. It can grow on Acacia and Melaleuca.

The sweet layer around the seed is eaten raw.

Seeds often germinate on branches after passing through a mistletoe bird.