''Arceuthobium vaginatum'', called the "sheathed dwarf mistletoe" or "southwestern dwarf mistletoe" is a

parasitic Parasitism is a close relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives on or inside another organism, the host, causing it some harm, and is adapted structurally to this way of life. The entomologist E. O. Wilson ha ...

plant found in the southwestern United States and northwestern and central Mexico. It generally is found on

pine A pine is any conifer tree or shrub in the genus ''Pinus'' () of the family (biology), family Pinaceae. ''Pinus'' is the sole genus in the subfamily Pinoideae. The World Flora Online created by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Missouri Botanic ...

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Pinus A pine is any conifer tree or shrub in the genus ''Pinus'' () of the family Pinaceae. ''Pinus'' is the sole genus in the subfamily Pinoideae. The World Flora Online created by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Missouri Botanical Garden a ...

spp) trees.

Ethnobotany

The Ramah

Navaho The Navajo (; British English: Navaho; nv, Diné or ') are a Native American people of the Southwestern United States. With more than 399,494 enrolled tribal members , the Navajo Nation is the largest federally recognized tribe in the United ...

have been documented as using a decoction of Arceuthobium vaginatum as a "ceremonial medicine".

References

vaginatum Parasitic plants Flora of the United States Flora of Mexico Taxa named by Aimé Bonpland Taxa named by Alexander von Humboldt {{Santalales-stub