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Bronze

Succulent type: Leaf succulent (Stores water in its leaves)

This short leaf succulent grows up to 6 feet (1.8 meters) tall. The finger-like stem is crimson or white, and is covered in thousands of rigid bronze spines. The rounded leaves are generally hazel. Sparse amounts of them grow on very thick, sky blue branches that trail down towards the ground. The leaves are fairly frail, and take little effort to detach.

It is steady-growing, taking 4 years to reach maturity. Once mature, a single flower with peach petals that gradient shift to hazel on the outer edge. The central disk is red grows at the top, reappearing every year. The flower head is an uncoordinated mess of 21 petals. It has a mildly strong scent that smells like chocolate.

The leaf succulent's skin is delicate, the grey flesh is leathery, and the silver sap is thin.

It out-competes most other plants for nutrients and light.
It is suitable for making paper
Several parts of the cactus have medicinal properties.