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| harlequin mistletoe | |||||
| Lysiana exocarpi | |||||
| mistletoes are aerial parasitic plants that use other plants to obtain their water and mineral nutrients, but they usually undertake their own photosynthesis through their leaves; they are not known to be parasitoid, such that they willingly kill their hosts, as this would lead to their own demise | |||||
| Serpentine Gorge, West MacDonnell National Park - 16th July 2006 | |||||
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