Copperleaf

This modest-sized shrub grows up to 3 feet (91.4 cm) tall and lives for decades, with the oldest known specimen being around 157 years old. It is susceptible to disease and destructive insect infestation.

It has many long and flexible, wavy stems covered in thin, wrinkled, white with black speckled bark, and the wood inside is burgundy-brown.

The branches trail down to the ground with hundreds of twigs that and are covered with large amounts of small, asymmetrical, leaves with ripped edges. The leaves themselves are found in copper and bronze varieties, light and sticky.

It produces many medium-sized, light brown flowers with fan-like petals with a trumpet-shaped floral cup. They are very delicate and have the faintest scent that smells like warm cookies. In late spring it forms tinyslate aril (seeds with fleshy covers).