Twining Goldfern

This small shrub grows up to 1 foot (30.5 cm) tall and lives for decades, with the oldest known specimen being around 146 years old. It is very resistant to disease and destructive insect infestation.

It has dozens of flexible, angular stems covered in thick, silky, brown-green bark, and the wood inside is pale yellow.

The branches are very short and slender with hundreds of twigs that and are covered with small bunches of huge, wispy, leaves with jagged edges. The leaves themselves are aquamarine at the bottom and peach with grey splotches at the top, rigid and soft.

In mid-summer it produces copious amounts of medium-sized, bright yellow flowers with fan-like petals. They are sturdy and have an overpowering scent that smells like warm milk.