Goldenvine

This short shrub grows up to 1 foot (30.5 cm) tall and lives for decades, with the oldest known specimen being around 117 years old. It is very resistant to destructive insect infestation but susceptible to disease.

It has several slender, twisting stems covered in delicate, smooth, dark brown bark, and the wood inside is white with black speckles.

The branches are short stubs with hundreds of twigs that and are covered with thick bunches of tiny, stiff, pointed, leaves with wavy edges. The leaves themselves are gold on the edges and amber at the center, tough and crispy.

It produces a handful of small, beige flowers with asymmetrical petals. They are hardy and have an intensely strong scent that smells like lavender. In early autumn it forms smallgold berries.