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NZ Plants
Alepis flavida - yellow mistletoe, pirita
Mistletoe family: Loranthaceae
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Plant
Smith-Dodsworth
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Flower arrangement
Smith-Dodsworth
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Alepis flavida is a small shrub with dull green leathery leaves with reddish margins. A partial parasite on mountain and black beech, attaching by suckers (haustoria) to the outer branches. Formerly placed in the genus Elytranthe.
An endemic genus with one species found in mountain forest on the South Island but uncommon on the North Island.
Vegetative characteristics |
Reproductive characteristics |
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Plant form: shrub up to 2 m |
Arrangement of parts; symmetric |
Flower size: 5-8 mm diam. X 10-20 mm long |
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Leaf form: narrow, oblong |
Tepals (sepals indistinguishable from petals): 5-6, yellow, orange |
Leaf size: 2-5 cm |
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Leaf arrangement |
Sexuality: bisexual |
Leaf attachment: opposite pairs |
Stamens: 5-6 |
Leaf margin: toothed, red |
Ovary: below tepals |
Leaf surface: hairless |
Fruit: fleshy |
