Brown Tideflower

This small shrub grows up to 1 foot (30.5 cm) tall and lives for decades, with the oldest known specimen being around 137 years old. It is somewhat resistant to disease and destructive insect infestation.

It has many long and flexible, straight stems covered in waxy, gray bark, and the wood inside is pine-coloured.

The branches are short stubs with dozens of twigs that and are covered with large amounts of huge, asymmetrical, leaves with rounded edges. The leaves themselves are a shade of brown that gradient shifts to hazel at the top, sturdy and smooth.

In early summer it produces a thick sheet of large, light orange flowers with needle-like petals. They fall easily and have a strong scent that smells like an ocean breeze.