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Nestronia umbellula

conjurer's-nut, Indian olive, leechbrush, nestronia
Habit Shrubs, to 1 m, rhizomatous, forming large colonies.
Stems

forming shoots from crown.
Leaves

petiole 2–5 mm;

blade ovate-lanceolate, 2–7 × 0.7–3.2 cm (mean 4.2 × 1.8 cm), decreasing in size toward base of shoot, base acute, apex acute, abaxial surface glaucous, adaxial surface bright green.
Flowers

fragrant, staminate 2–3 mm, pistillate 6–10 mm, petals white to greenish, margins puberulent.
Staminate

inflorescences 3–11-flowered.
Pseudodrupes

yellowish green, spheric, 1–2 × 0.8–1.8 cm.

Nestronia umbellula
Phenology Flowering May–Jun.
Habitat Moist and dry woodlands and stream banks.
Elevation 20–500.
Distribution
from FNA
AL; GA; KY; NC; SC; TN; VA
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Discussion

Although sometimes reported as specific to pines, Nestronia parasitizes a wide variety of host plants (D. D. Horn and R. Kral 1984). The species is apparently adapted to early successional habitats, thus natural disturbance may favor its spread and establishment (G. Libby and C. Bloom 1998; L. J. Musselman 1982).

Nestronia umbellula is listed as threatened, endangered, or of conservation concern by each state in which it occurs except Alabama, which does not provide regulatory protection to plants.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 12, p. 420.
Parent taxa Santalaceae > Nestronia
Synonyms Darbya umbellulata, N. quadriala, N. undulata
Name authority Rafinesque: New Fl. 3: 13. (1838)
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