A semi-parasitic shrub, it grows upon the branches of trees. Leafless Mistletoe is a much branched, slender, smooth, pale, leafless parasite, forming a green undershrub. The branches are flat, with pendulous tufts, 15-90 cm long; the internodes being variable in length; usually a trifle wider at the distal end, and striate. The leaves are visible only in the very young internodes as small bracts below the flowers.