Citation: Danser, Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenz. 10:298 (1929).

Synonymy: Loranthus sanguineus F. Muell., Fragm. Phyt. Aust. 1:177 (1859); Pilostigma sanguineum (F. Muell.)Tieghem, Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 41:489 (1894); L. spathulatus O. Schwarz, Reprium nov. Spec. Regni veg. 24:81 (1928); A. spathulata (O. Schwarz)Danser, Verh. Akad. Wet. Amst. afd. Natuurk. 29:34 (1933).

Common name: None

Description:
Glabrous; epicortical runners present; leaf lamina narrow-lanceolate to narrow-oblong, 60-200 x 10-25 mm, gradually attenuate at the base into a petiole 5-20 mm long, obtuse or rounded at the apex.

Inflorescence peduncle 4-12 mm long; rays 3-6, 3-7 mm long; bracts 1.5-3.5 mm long; calyx limb entire, c. 0.5 mm long; corolla in the mature bud robust, 6-ribbed or 6-angular, clavate, 35-60 mm long, red; anther 4-7 mm long, equal to the free part of the filament.

Fruit funnel-shaped, 8-14 mm long.

Image source: fig. 89c in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).

Published illustration: Williams (1984) Native plants of Queensland 2:43.

Distribution:  Parasitic on Eucalyptus and Melaleuca.   W.Aust.; N.T.; Qld. Conservation status: native Flowering time: mainly Nov. — Feb.

SA Distribution Map based on current data relating to specimens held in the State Herbarium of South Australia

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