Waterleaf

This short shrub grows up to 1 foot (30.5 cm) tall and lives for around 10 years. It is very resistant to disease but is susceptible to destructive insect infestation.

It has dozens of sturdy, curved stems covered in cracked, brown-green speckled bark, and the wood inside is dark brown.

The branches are short stubs with hundreds of twigs that and are covered with copious amounts of tiny, spear shaped, leaves with smooth edges. The leaves themselves are solid dull red or bronze, with green lines, flexible and waxy.

In early spring it produces dozens of small, beige flowers with cylindrical shaped petals. They fall easily and have a delicate scent that smells like lemon.