This native epiphyte is commonly known as beach mistletoe.
Lysiana maritima is described as a "dicot" in the Loranthaceae family.
In the Queensland Nature Conservation Act it is classified as Least Concern. Under the Federal Environment Protection Biodiversity Conservation Act it is not classified.
Host at Tandora June 2020, Casuarina glauca. Host at Tinnanbar July 2020, Rhizophora stylosa. Leaves oblanceolate to spathulate, usually more than 10 mm wide (Key Flora of Australia: vascular plants: Species of Lysiana
From: Barlow, B.A. (1984). Lysiana. In: Flora of Australia 22. Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra. (https://keybase.rbg.vic.gov.au/keys/show/494)).
Also reported on Fraser Island (https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/18553462)
It has been recorded in the Wide Bay district in the Queensland Herbarium Census and is listed as occurring in the Fraser Coast region in Queensland Herbarium Wildlife Online.
Reported at 5 Fraser Coast localities: Poona, Tandora, Tinnanbar, Tuan, Urangan.
Fraser Coast distribution based on unverified field reports.
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