The tradition of kissing somebody under the mistletoe plant has been around for quite some time. But why? And what is a mistletoe plant anyway? Let’s find out! Mistletoe has been associated with life, ...

This article was originally published by Knowable Magazine. Mistletoe is more than just a Yuletide kissing attraction; it plays a hugely important role in ecosystems. It is a parasitic plant—it takes ...

Dodder is a parasitic plant that attaches itself to wild plants, including California sage scrub. It is classified as an annual, so it will appear to come and go. Although it is parasitic, it will not ...

The Christmas holiday season would not be complete without a dangling of mistletoe under the doorway. Traditionally, mistletoe is used to decorate the doorway, leading visitors inside to beautiful ...

Front door of a home decorated with Christmas greenery - Maryna Terletska/Getty Images Hang a bundle of this leafy, white-berried plant from a doorway this December, and it could bring you luck for ...

Balanophora shed one third of its genes as it evolved into a very streamlined parasitic plant. Balanophora is a parasitic plant found in tropical and temperate regions in Asia and tropical Africa and ...

Have you seen that orange thread-like stuff draped over the top of plants in a salt marsh? It’s a parasitic annual plant called dodder, Cuscuta species. Dodder is capable of photosynthesis, but it ...

Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol. 69, No. 9, Special Issue: Strigolactones: New Plant Hormones in Action (2018), pp. 2265-2280 (16 pages) Obligate root-parasitic plants belonging to the ...

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has announced that a rare parasitic plant resurfaced after it hadn't been seen for 44 years. The newly rediscovered plant was found in Manitowoc ...

UC Davis nematologists, including Valerie Williamson, professor emerita in the Department of Plant Pathology, and associate ...

When was the last time you were kissed under the mistletoe? The attractive plant is common decoration during the Christmas holidays, inspiring loving behaviors. Mistletoe in fact, is a parasitic plant ...