Calflora: Phoradendron villosum

Taxon Report 6464

Phoradendron villosum (Nutt.) Nutt. (not an active name)

Hairy mistletoe, Oak mistletoe, Pacific mistletoe

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Phoradendron villosum, a dicot, is a shrub (parasitic) that is native to California and is also found outside of California, but is confined to western North America.


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Plant Characteristics
and Associations

Family:	VISCACEAE
Genus:	Phoradendron

Toxicity:

MINOR, DERMATITIS [California Poison Control System 2010]

Distribution by County

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Name Status:

Accepted by PLANTS + JM93
TJM2 accepted name:	Phoradendron serotinum ssp. tomentosum

Alternate Names:
(according to)

PLANTS:

Phoradendron flavescens var. villosum

NOTE: Phoradendron villosum is not an active name in the Calflora species table.

More information about Phoradendron villosum


	Location Suitability Nursery / seed vendor availability from CNPLX Commercial availability unknown. Landscaping information from Calscape Photos on CalPhotos / Google Images		Records from the Consortium of California Herbaria Original Publication citation (ITIS) USDA PLANTS Profile (PHVI9)		Search the International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Search the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center website references from Google

Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation,
with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals, including the Consortium of California Herbaria.
[web application]. 2017. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization].
Available: http://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: Jul 13, 2017).

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