Waterleaf

This average-sized shrub grows up to 4 feet (1.2 meters) tall and lives for decades, with the oldest known specimen being around 183 years old. It is somewhat resistant to disease and destructive insect infestation.

It has numerous branched, twisting stems covered in hard, waxy, gray bark, and the wood inside is brown.

The branches are tall, rigid and upright with thousands of twigs that and are covered with very large amounts of small, slender, pointed, leaves with smooth edges. The leaves themselves are either slate, or amber with grey streaks, tough and soft.

It produces a thick sheet of small, hazel flowers with 8 shield-shaped shaped petals. They are hardy and have no scent. In midwinter it forms tinywhite, spiky-shelled seeds.