Clinging Coppervine

This small shrub grows up to 1 foot (30.5 cm) tall and lives for around 10 years. It is susceptible to disease and destructive insect infestation.

It has numerous stocky, crooked stems covered in thin, wrinkled, copper-coloured bark, and the wood inside is burgundy-brown.

The branches are very short and thin with thousands of twigs that and are covered with thick bunches of large, broad, flat, leaves with rounded edges. The leaves themselves are blood red and cream, flimsy and leathery.

In mid-spring it produces lots of medium-sized, bright yellow flowers with stiff, pointed petals. They detach easily and have a delicate scent that smells like vomit.