Hazelbrush

This short shrub grows up to 1 foot (30.5 cm) tall and lives for around 78 years. It is not very resistant to disease and destructive insect infestation.

It has numerous very thick, wonky stems covered in rough, black with white speckled bark, and the wood inside is yellow-brown.

The branches are short stubs that and are covered with thick bunches of large, slender, pointed, leaves with toothed edges. The leaves themselves are solid drab orange with bright purple splotches, tough and smooth.

It produces thousands of small, brown flowers with perforated petals. They detach easily and have a weak scent that smells like freshly baked bread. In mid-autumn it forms gianthazel seed pods.