''Agelanthus natalitius'' is a species of

hemiparasitic A parasitic plant is a plant that derives some or all of its nutritional requirements from another living plant. They make up about 1% of angiosperms and are found in almost every biome. All parasitic plants develop a specialized organ called the ...

plant in the family Loranthaceae, which is native to the Cape Provinces,

KwaZulu-Natal KwaZulu-Natal (, also referred to as KZN and known as "the garden province") is a province of South Africa that was created in 1994 when the Zulu bantustan of KwaZulu ("Place of the Zulu" in Zulu) and Natal Province were merged. It is locate ...

, Mozambique, the Northern Provinces, South Africa,

Eswatini Eswatini ( ; ss, eSwatini ), officially the Kingdom of Eswatini and formerly named Swaziland ( ; officially renamed in 2018), is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. It is bordered by Mozambique to its northeast and South Africa to its no ...

and Botswana.

Habitat and ecology

''A. natalitius'' is found in mixed woodland and bushland, usually on ''

Acacia ''Acacia'', commonly known as the wattles or acacias, is a large genus of shrubs and trees in the subfamily Mimosoideae of the pea family Fabaceae. Initially, it comprised a group of plant species native to Africa and Australasia. The genus na ...

s'' but sometimes on '' Combretum''. Agelanthus natalitius subsp zeyheri, habitus, Seringveld

References

External links

JSTOR Global Plants: ''Agelanthus natalitius''.
Accessed 25 March 2018.
The International Plant Names Index: ''Agelanthus natalitius''.
Accessed 25 March 2018. Flora of KwaZulu-Natal Flora of Mozambique Flora of the Cape Provinces Flora of Swaziland Flora of Botswana Flora of South Africa natalitius {{Santalales-stub