European mistletoe
Viscum album
Poisonous plant: do not eat any part of it.
This is a game, not a field guide. Never eat a wild mushroom or plant because of it; if you are unsure, ask a mushroom advisor or a poison centre.
At a glance
- Scientific name
- Viscum album
- Group
- Eudicots
- Order
- Santalales
- Family
- Viscaceae
- Continent
- Europe, Asia
- Habitat
- Forest
- Form
- Shrub
- Leaves
- Evergreen
- Flower colour
- Inconspicuous
- Blooms in
- Spring, Winter
- Use
- Medicine, Ornamental
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Medium
Did you know?
- It is a hemiparasite: it makes its own sugars by photosynthesis but taps its host tree for water and minerals.
- Birds eat its sticky white berries and wipe the seeds onto branches, where they stick and sprout.
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Similar plants
- Common daisy
Bellis perennis
- Cucumber
Cucumis sativus
- Saguaro
Carnegiea gigantea
Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q144940 · All plants · All entries