Viscum anceps E.Mey. ex Sprague

Species

Angiosperms > Santalales > Santalaceae > Viscum

Characteristics

Leafless, dioecious shrubs of moderate size, mostly 0.5-1 m high, often pale yellowish green; younger branches strongly flattened, minutely ribbed; older stems rounded; basal internodes of younger branches (10-)15-20(-30) x 3-4 mm, bearing a minute but distinct, pale yellow margin, this transformed into a wing on older stems. Staminate flowers in dichasia (sometimes 2-flowered), sessile, mostly solitary at nodes of younger branches. Pistillate flowers solitary in bracteal cup, sessile at nodes of younger branches; bracteal cup acute, bilobed, margin scarious. Berries ovoid-ellipsoid, 4-5 mm long, developing a short pedicel (c. 1 mm long), strongly warty only on upper half at maturity, dull orange.
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Leafless, dioecious, aerial, hemiparasitic shrub, 0.5-1.0 m high; internodes of distal branches strongly flattened, minutely ribbed. Staminate flowers mostly in triads (sometimes dyads), sessile, mostly solitary at nodes of younger branches. Pistillate flowers solitary in a bilobed bracteal cup, sessile at nodes of younger branches. Flowering time June, July. Fruit a shortly stalked, ovoid-ellipsoid berry, dull orange, strongly warty only on distal half at maturity.
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Distribution

Viscum anceps world distribution map, present in South Africa

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Synonyms

Viscum anceps