is a species of flowering plant in the sandalwood family known by the common name dense mistletoe.

It is native to the western United States and northwestern Mexico, where it grows in various types of woodland habitat.

[1] This mistletoe parasitizes species of cypress, including Arizona cypress (Cupressus arizonica),[2] and juniper (Juniperus spp.).

It is dioecious, with male and female plants producing different forms of inflorescence with round, knoblike flowers.

The female flowers yield spherical berries each about 4 millimeters wide and yellowish or pale pink when ripe.