Blackberry Sage

This short shrub grows up to 1 foot (30.5 cm) tall and lives for around 81 years. It is not very resistant to disease and destructive insect infestation.

It has several narrow, straight stems covered in hard, cracked, black bark, and the wood inside is gray.

The branches trail down across the ground that and are covered with large amounts of small, stiff, pointed, leaves with smooth edges. The leaves themselves are a shade of moss green that gradient shifts to white at the top, soft and flexible and soft.

In early summer it produces thick bunches of tiny, muted orange blossoms with 3 kidney-shaped shaped petals. They detach easily and have a soft scent that smells like cheap aftershave.

In late winter long, narrow fruits ripen. The sticky olive skin is tough and inedible, and the slightly crunchy copper flesh is sour and very dry. The beige seeds are tiny and are bunched at the top of the fruit.