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	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 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)