FRUIT: white-pinkish, glabrous, 4 mm in diameter. SHOOTS: 3-5 dm high, green, glabrous, the internodes 8-15 mm long. LEAVES: oblanceolate to oblong, sessile, 1.5-2.5 cm long, 2-3 mm wide, glabrous. INFLORESCENCE: staminate spikes with usually 1 fertile segment, with 6-10 flowers per segment; pistillate spikes with usually 1 fertile segment, with 2 flowers per segment. FLOWERS: glabrous. HOST: Cupressus arizonica. NOTES: Arizona cypress forests: local in c AZ: Coconino, Gila, Maricopa, Yavapai cos.; 1050-1600 m (3500-5300 ft); Jun-Aug; CA, s OR; Baja C., Mex, REFERENCES: Hawksworth, Frank G. 1994. Viscaceae. J. Ariz. – Nev. Acad. Sci. Volume 27(2), 241-245.