Harlequin Mistletoe
Mature Flower
Ellura
Harlequin Mistletoe
Flower Dying
 
                      
Harlequin Mistletoe (Lysiana exocarpi ssp exocarpi)Class: Plants (Plantae) - Land Plants (Charophyta) - Land Plants (Equisetopsida)
Order: Sandalwoods (Santalales)
Family: Mistletoe (Loranthaceae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Harlequin Mistletoe (Lysiana exocarpi ssp exocarpi)
This Photo:     Flower Aging & Size

Thank you Andrew Allanson & Alan Dandie (Alan_Dandie) for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
Our example is parasiting off a Senna artemisioides ssp artemisioides.
A beautiful flower which is generally upright. All mistletoes we've seen to date have the flower hang.
The flowers are a rich mix of rusty green base, with bright fire-engine red tube, capped off with pale green / yellow petals.

Copyright © 2014-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 13-Mar-2014
This species is classed as LC (Least Concern) in the Murray Mallee, SA, by DENR (Regional Species Status Assessments, July 2010)