Taxillus requires careful attention due to its parasitic nature, needing a host plant to thrive. It demands consistent monitoring to ensure it's not overburdening the host plant, which can be intricate given its dependency. Additionally, maintaining a balanced environment with appropriate light and humidity is crucial for taxillus's health.
Watering schedule: Every 2-3 weeks
Sunlight Requirements: Partial sun
| Care Difficulty | Hard |
| Lifespan | Perennial |
| Watering Schedule | Every 2-3 weeks |
| Sunlight Requirements | Partial sun |
| Soil pH | 5.5-7.5 |
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Chinese taxillus twig is a shrub that colonizes mountain slopes, forests, and valleys. It has a parasitic nature and lives off various host trees. This plant is known as ‘Sang Ji Sheng’ in traditional Chinese medicine. Its Latin name Taxillus sutchuenensis was first published in Bulletin du Jardin botanique de Buitenzorg in 1929.
A small, woody tree hemiparasite, taxillus thibetensis grows on oaks and related trees in moist, temperate to subtropical alpine and subalpine forests. It has unusual, striking red-orange flowers with petals tipped with black fringes.
Taxillus chinensis is a parasitic shrub that often drapes over its host with wiry, branching stems. Its evergreen leaves are leathery, adopting a lance-like shape that allows it to efficiently gather sunlight in the diverse understory layers of forests. The small, yellowish flowers of taxillus chinensis emerge subtly, drawing minimal attention before giving way to purplish-black berries. This inconspicuous presence hints at its delicate balance within the ecosystem, relying on specific host trees for nutrients while contributing to the habitat's complexity.
Common issues for Taxillus based on 10 million real cases
