Caramel

This modest-sized caudiciform grows up to 52 feet (15.8 meters) tall. The stiff, pointed stem is yellow-green, and is covered in many fine, drab green, hair-like spines. It has a straight, flat, olive trunk atop a thin web of wrinkled, exposed roots. The branches are very thick and moss green and trail down across the ground.

The irregular-edged, fan-like leaves are a shade of caramel and white that gradient shifts to washed-out yellow at the top. They are tough, but easily come away when pulled.

It is steady-growing, taking 8 months to reach maturity. Once mature, and only under the right conditions, a single flower with orange petals that gradient shift to crimson on the outer edge. The central disk is washed-out yellow grows at the top, reappearing after 2 years, but only when the conditions are right again. The flower head is made up of 49 petals; the lower layer of petals are flat, while the upper layers form a tight cup. It has a scent that varies in strength that smells like fish.

The caudiciform's skin is tough, the gold flesh is smooth, and the olive sap is thin and can kill if consumed.