Common name: Kurrajong Mistletoe
Notothixos cornifolius Oliv. APNI* 
Description: Spreading or pendent plant with stems to 1 m long with indumentum white or tawny, mainly of short hairs, becoming sparse or absent on lower leaf surface, inflorescence axes and fruit with age.
Prophylls c. 0.3 mm long; cataphylls broad-triangular, c. 1 mm long, ± sheathing stem.
Leaves elliptic to narrow-ovate, rarely lanceolate, sometimes falcate, usually 5–9 cm long, 15–25 mm wide, apex usually rounded, rarely acute; petiole 5–10 mm long. Inflorescence indeterminate of 5–12 decussate pairs of cymules. Male flower c. 1 mm diam.; stipe c. 0.7 mm long. Female flower 2.5–3 mm long.
Fruit ellipsoid, c. 7 mm long.
Flowering: spring–summer.
Distribution and occurrence: The hosts are almost exclusively species of family Sterculiaceae, of rainforests and sclerophyll forests in coastal districts and adjacent ranges and Western Slopes; west to Burrinjuck.
NSW subdivisions: NC, CC, NT, CT, ST, NWS, CWS, SWS, NWP, SWP
Text by A. L. Quirico
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 3 (1992)
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