Lysiana murrayi Tiegh.

Mulga mistletoe (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Santalales > Loranthaceae > Lysiana

Characteristics

Plant erect or spreading. Leaves flat and linear to narrowly lanceolate or oblanceolate, or semiterete and channelled above, acute, 2.5-6 cm long, 1-3.5 mm wide, without distinct petiole; venation not visible. Inflorescence a solitary flower or pair of flowers without a common peduncle; pedicels 8-20 mm long, dilated and strongly winged towards apex; bracts 2-3 mm long, spreading, membranous, rounded at apex. Calyx c. 1 mm long, entire or irregularly toothed. Corolla in mature bud usually 18-28 mm long, white, yellow or pink. Anthers not septate. Style articulate almost at base. Fruit globose, 7-12 mm long, pink or red.
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A parasitic shrub which grows on the branches of some trees. The branches hang down and are tangled. The leaves are almost cylindrical and 6 cm long. They are slightly pointed at the tip. The flowers are pink to red. They are greenish white towards the base. The flower stalks are 2 cm long. They occur either singly or in pairs. They fruit are round and green at first then ripen to yellow and then red.
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Foliage retention evergreen
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It grows in arid and semi-arid regions. It grows on Acacia aneura, Mulga. It also grows on Cassia desolata, Eremophila mitchellii and Muehlenbeckia species.
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Grows in arid and semi-arid woodland nearly always on Acacia (especially A. aneura ).
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

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The fruit are eaten raw. They are sweet and fleshy. The sticky seed is thrown away.
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Images

Lysiana murrayi unspecified picture

Distribution

Lysiana murrayi world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:550443-1
WFO ID wfo-0000366771
COL ID 3WTWD
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Lysiana murrayi Loranthus murrayi Lysiana miniata Loranthus murrayi var. parviflorus