Phoradendron leucarpum

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}

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| image = American Mistletoe (NGM XXXI p514).jpg

| image_caption=Phoradendron leucarpumillustration by Mary E. Eaton, "Our State Flowers: The Floral Emblems Chosen by the Commonwealths", The National Geographic Magazine, XXXI (June 1917), p. 514.

| genus = Phoradendron

| species = leucarpum

| range_map = PhoradendronleucocarpumOccurrenceMap2.png

| range_map_caption = Occurrence data from GBIF

| authority = (Raf.) Reveal & M. C. Johnst.

| synonyms = *Phoradendron flavescens (Pursh) Nutt. ex A. Gray

• Phoradendron serotinum (Raf.) M. C. Johnst.
• Phoradendron tomentosum (DC.) A. Gray
• Phoradendron villosum (Nutt.) Engelm.
• Viscum leucarpum Raf. (basionym)
• Viscum serotinum Raf.
• Viscum tomentosum DC.
• Viscum villosum Nutt.

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Phoradendron leucarpum is a species of mistletoe in the Viscaceae family which is native to the United States and Mexico. Its common names include American mistletoe, eastern mistletoe, hairy mistletoe and oak mistletoe. It is native to Mexico and the continental United States.{{GRIN | accessdate= January 14, 2008}} It is hemiparasitic, living in the branches of trees. The berries are white and {{convert|3-6|mm|in|sp=us}}.{{cite web|url=http://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/all/phoradendron-leucarpum-p-serotinum/|title=Phoradendron leucarpum (P. serotinum)|publisher=North Carolina State University|access-date=November 30, 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_IJM.pl?tid=98416|title=Phoradendron Mistletoe|publisher=Jepson Herbarium, University of California, Berkeley|access-date=November 30, 2014}} It has opposite leaves that are leathery and thick.

{{cite web|url=http://www.carolinanature.com/trees/phle.html|title=Oak Mistletoe (Phoradendron leucarpum))|publisher=Carolina Nature|access-date=November 30, 2014}} Ingesting the berries can cause "stomach and intestinal irritation with diarrhea, lowered blood pressure, and slow pulse".{{cite web|url=http://www.pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Phoradendron+leucarpum|title=Phoradendron leucarpum - (Raf.)Reveal.&M.C.Johnst.|publisher=Plants For A Future|access-date=November 30, 2014}} This shrub can grow to {{convert|1|m|ft|sp=us}} by {{convert|1|m|ft|sp=us}}.