This native epiphyte is commonly known as leafless mistletoe.
Viscum articulatum is described as a "dicot" in the Viscaceae family.
In the Queensland Nature Conservation Act it is classified as Least Concern. Under the Federal Environment Protection Biodiversity Conservation Act it is not classified.
An epiparasite which uses other mistletoe species as hosts, most commonly Notothixos (https://www.anbg.gov.au). In the Fraser Coast region reported hosts are Dendrophthoe vitellina, Amyema congener subsp. congener, Dendropthoe glabrescens, Vitellina sp. and Diplatia furcata.
It has been recorded in the Wide Bay district in the Queensland Herbarium Census and is listed as occurring in the Fraser Coast region in the Atlas of Living Australia.
Reported at 14 Fraser Coast localities: Beelbi Creek, Gootchie, Island Plantation, Point Vernon, Poona, Sunshine Acres, Talegalla Weir, Tinana South, Tinnanbar, Tuan Forest, Urangan, Walliebum, Walligan, Yengarie.
Fraser Coast distribution based on unverified field reports.
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