Clinging Mahogany

This small shrub grows up to 1 foot (30.5 cm) tall and lives for decades, with the oldest known specimen being around 189 years old. It is not very resistant to disease and destructive insect infestation.

It has dozens of branched, slanted stems covered in thin, rough, brown bark, and the wood inside is mahogany-coloured.

The branches trail down across the ground with hundreds of twigs that and are covered with sparse amounts of small, long, narrow, leaves with smooth edges. The leaves themselves are a shade of yellow-green that gradient shifts to crimson at the top, light and leathery.

In mid-spring it produces lots of small, violet flowers with flame-shaped shaped petals. They fall easily and have a delicate scent that smells like roses.