Phoradendron bolleanum

Bollean mistletoe

Family: Viscaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Bollean mistletoe is a California native perennial found in the Klamath Ranges, northern Sierra Nevada, central and southern Sierra Nevada, central western California, Transverse Ranges, Peninsular Ranges, Great Basin, and desert regions on pinyon and juniper woodland at elevations of 200 to 2,500 meters. Flowering from June to August, this plant produces small white to straw-colored or pinkish flowers on short internodes. Growing with erect-spreading green to olive-green stems 30 to 60 centimeters tall, the plant has distinctive branching characteristics. Its leaves are oblanceolate-oblong, measuring 10 to 25 millimeters long and 2 to 8 millimeters wide, arranged along the stems. The fruit develops as a small white to straw-colored or pinkish berry approximately 4 millimeters long.

Habitat: Pinyon/juniper woodland, on

Bloom period: Jun-Aug

Elevation: 200-2500 m

Bioregions: KR, NCoR, CaR, n SNH, c&amps SN, CW, TR, PR, GB, D

California counties: Santa Barbara, San Bernardino, Kern, Los Angeles, Ventura, Tulare, Riverside, Inyo, San Luis Obispo, Fresno, Modoc, Nevada, Tehama, Yuba, Butte, Lake, Marin, Mendocino, Monterey, San Benito, Napa, San Diego, Siskiyou, Shasta, Sonoma, Tuolumne, Lassen, Colusa, Mariposa, Imperial

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.