Santalaceae
Fir dwarf mistletoe
Arceuthobium abietinum
- Family
- Santalaceae
- Genus
- Arceuthobium
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Fir dwarf mistletoe
Synonyms
- Arceuthobium campylopodum f. abietinum (Engelm.) L.S.Gill
- Arceuthobium campylopodum subsp. abietinum (Engelm.) Nickrent
- Arceuthobium douglasii var. abietinum Engelm.
- Arceuthobium occidentale var. abietinum Engelm.
- Razoumofskya abietina (Engelm.) Abrams
- Razoumofskya douglasii var. abietinum (Engelm.) Greene
- Razoumofskya occidentalis var. abietinum (Engelm.) Howell
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Chloe and Trevor Van Loon, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.