Citation: Danser, Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenz. 10:295 (1929) var. gibberulum.

Synonymy: Loranthus gibberulus Tate, Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. 8:71 (1886); L. gibberulosus and A. gibberulosa Tieghem, Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 42:82, 84 (1895), erroneous orthographic variants.

Common name: None

Description:
Plant densely white-tomentose; epicortical runners absent; leaves terete, 50-100 mm long, 1.5-2.5 mm diam.

Inflorescence peduncle 1-5 mm long; rays 2 or 3 (or reduced to 1, when the 'peduncle' appears jointed), 2-5 mm long; flowers in dyads, on pedicels 1-3 mm long; central bract (at the apex of the ray) 1-1.5 mm long; bracts subtending the flowers concave, 3-4 mm long; calyx limb entire, c. 1 mm long; corolla 25-45 mm long, 4-merous; anthers 2-5 mm long, almost sessile.

Fruit almost globular, c. 8 mm long.

Distribution:  Exclusively parasitic on Grevillea and Hakea.   W.Aust.; N.T. Conservation status: native Flowering time: May — Oct.

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

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