Plant Details

Scientific Name: Amyema miquelii
  • Pronunciation: am-eye-EE-mah me-QUELL-ee
  • Common Name: Mistletoe
  • Type: Herb, Parasite, Epiphyte, Mistletoe
  • Family: LORANTHACEAE
  • Size: Stems Pendulous to 2 metres long.
  • Flowers: Red,yellow.
  • Vegetation Type: Dry Eucalypt Forest. 
  • Species List: Peregian Boardwalk, Fraser Island, Janet,

Identification Notes

Mostly parasitises eucalypt Species.

Associated Fauna

Butterfly host PlantWood white, Imperial white, Amaryllis azure,Silky azure, Ogyris olane olane, Ogyris genoveva genoveva. Seeds dispersed by Mistletoe Bird. Visited by Nectar-eating birds.

  • Amyema miquelii
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