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Pronunciation: fore-a-DEN-dron lew-KAR-pum mak-ro-FIL-um
Common name: Big-leaf mistletoe
Family: Viscaceae (Mistletoe)
Habitat: Transverse and Peninsular Ranges, extending to the deserts, and to Baja, west Texas and Colorado, most frequently seen on Platanus racemosa, but has also been observed on Populus, Salix, Fraxinus and Juglans
Blooming period: December to March
Name derivations: 1) Phoradendron 2) leucarpum 3) macrophyllum