Viscum crassulae Eckl. & Zeyh.

Leafy, dioecious semi-shrubs of rather small size, rarely exceeding 0.2-0.3 m high, often stout with age, highly succulent and dark green when fresh. Stems rounded (extremely brittle when dried); basal internodes of younger branches 15-20 x 3-4 mm; nodes usually swollen, especially in older stems. Leaves generally obovate-orbicular, mostly 6-12 x 5-8 mm, highly succulent when fresh (wrinkled and distorted when dried and easily broken from the stems); petiole subsessile to 2 mm long, relatively broad. Staminate flowers in dichasia, 1-3 per axil. Pistillate flowers solitary (occasionally 2) in axils. Berries ovoid, 5-6 mm long, sessile, smooth, bright orange, subtending bracteal cup developing a short, stout peduncle c. 2 mm at maturity; style persistent.