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Blueleaf Bush

Shrub type: Deciduous (Stores water in its leaves)

This huge shrub grows up to 13 feet (4.0 meters) tall and lives for around 43 years. It is very resistant to destructive insect infestation but susceptible to disease.

It has dozens of stocky, twisting stems covered in fine, smooth, dark brown bark, and the wood inside is dark brown.

The branches are short stubs with thousands of twigs that and are covered with thick bunches of small, slender, pointed, leaves with rounded edges. The leaves themselves are sky blue and sky blue, flexible and fuzzy.

It produces thousands of medium-sized, purple flowers with broad, flat petals with a bell-shaped floral cup. They are hardy and have the faintest scent that smells like sweat. In late winter it forms giantbrown seed pods.

It can grow in even the most barren lands.
It has impressive regenerative properties.
It is suitable for creating flexible, durable textiles
It can absorb up to 16 times its own weight in water.