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Mesquite Mistletoe (Phoradendron californicum)

  • Mesquite Mistletoe (Phoradendron Californicum) https://www.sagebud.com/mesquite-mistletoe-phoradendron-californicum
    Credit: Steve Hurst | ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. | License: CC-BY-SA-2.5 CC-BY-SA-3.0-migrated GFDL
  • Mesquite Mistletoe (Phoradendron Californicum) https://www.sagebud.com/mesquite-mistletoe-phoradendron-californicum
    Credit: Steve Hurst | ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. | License: CC-BY-SA-2.5 CC-BY-SA-3.0-migrated GFDL
  • Mesquite Mistletoe (Phoradendron Californicum) https://www.sagebud.com/mesquite-mistletoe-phoradendron-californicum
    Credit: Steve Hurst | ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. | License: CC-BY-SA-2.5 CC-BY-SA-3.0-migrated GFDL
  • Mesquite Mistletoe (Phoradendron Californicum) https://www.sagebud.com/mesquite-mistletoe-phoradendron-californicum
    Credit: Steve Hurst | ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. | License: CC-BY-SA-2.5 CC-BY-SA-3.0-migrated GFDL
  • Mesquite Mistletoe (Phoradendron Californicum) https://www.sagebud.com/mesquite-mistletoe-phoradendron-californicum
    Credit: Stan Shebs | Own work | License: CC-BY-SA-2.5 CC-BY-SA-3.0-migrated GFDL
  • Mesquite Mistletoe (Phoradendron Californicum) https://www.sagebud.com/mesquite-mistletoe-phoradendron-californicum
    Credit: Stan Shebs | Own work | License: CC-BY-SA-2.5 CC-BY-SA-3.0-migrated GFDL
  • Mesquite Mistletoe (Phoradendron Californicum) https://www.sagebud.com/mesquite-mistletoe-phoradendron-californicum
    Credit: Stan Shebs | Own work | License: CC-BY-SA-2.5 CC-BY-SA-3.0-migrated GFDL
  • Mesquite Mistletoe (Phoradendron Californicum) https://www.sagebud.com/mesquite-mistletoe-phoradendron-californicum
    Credit: Stan Shebs | Own work | License: CC-BY-SA-2.5 CC-BY-SA-3.0-migrated GFDL
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Phoradendron Californicum, or more commonly know as Mesquite Mistletoe, is a subshrub shrub of the genus Phoradendron. Its duration is perennial which means it will grow year after year. Phoradendron Californicum or Mesquite Mistletoe's floral region is North America US Lower 48, specifically in the states of Arizona, California, New Mexico, Nevada and Utah.

  • Category: Dicot
  • Genus: Phoradendron
  • Family: Viscaceae
  • Order: Santalales
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Duration: Perennial
  • Growth Habit: Subshrub Shrub
  • Native Status: L48 (N)





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