Common name: Jointed Mistletoe
Korthalsella rubra subsp. rubra (Tiegh.) Engl. APNI* 
Description: Floral cushions not protruding, but with visible sparse, long red hairs which are mostly in a single row between flowers Rudimentary leaves 0.5–1 mm high, membranous, usually obtuse, together continuous around node and almost continuously free except fusion to face of internode at its midpoint. Flowers almost completely encircling node in early stage, separating as internode expands.
Flowering: Flowers chiefly spring.
Distribution and occurrence: Parasitic on a wide range of trees in rainforest and wet sclerophyll forest.
NSW subdivisions: NC, CC, ?SC, ?NT, CT, ?ST, LHI
Other Australian states: Qld Vic.
Text by A. L. Quirico
Taxon concept: P.S. Green (1994)
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