Clinging Caramelfern

This modest-sized shrub grows up to 3 feet (91.4 cm) tall and lives for decades, with the oldest known specimen being around 176 years old. It is susceptible to disease and destructive insect infestation.

It has several flexible, straight stems covered in paper-thin, wrinkled, brown-green bark, and the wood inside is pale brown.

The branches trail down across the ground with hundreds of twigs that and are covered with very large amounts of huge, long, tapering, leaves with smooth edges. The leaves themselves are caramel with blood red tips, resilient and crispy.

It produces handfuls of tiny, yellow flowers with crescent-shaped shaped petals. They are very delicate and have a weak scent that smells like rainy days. In early summer it forms tinyaquamarine aril (seeds with fleshy covers).