Mistletoe (Phoradendron flavenscens) is a genus of mistletoes, native to warm temperate and tropical regions of the Americas.

They are woody hemi-parasitic shrubs with branches 10–80 cm (3.9–31 in) long, which grow on other trees. Although they are able to photosynthesize, the plant relies of its host for some nutrients. The plant draws its mineral and water needs, and some of its energy needs, from the host tree using a haustorium which grows into the stems of the host.

The mistletoe fruit is a berry, white, yellow, orange, or red when mature, containing several seeds embedded in very sticky juice; the seeds are dispersed when birds eat the fruit, and remove the sticky seeds from the bill by wiping them on tree branches where they can germinate.