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Copper

Shrub type: Coniferous (Grows along the ground or other low surfaces.)

This short shrub grows up to 1 foot (30.5 cm) tall and lives for around 71 years. It is very resistant to disease and destructive insect infestation.

It has numerous stocky, straight stems covered in knobbly, brown-green speckled bark, and the wood inside is burgundy-brown.

The branches trail down towards the ground with dozens of twigs that and are covered with very large amounts of small, 2 pointed, leaves with wavy edges. The leaves themselves are found in yellow, bronze and blue varieties, rigid and leathery.

In early spring it produces many balls of small, brown blossoms with cylindrical petals with a trumpet-shaped floral cup. They fall easily and have a delicate scent that smells like rotten egg.

In late winter small stiff, pointed fruits ripen. The soft florescent green skin is delicate and edible when boiled; it is sour, and the crunchy copper flesh is salty and sour and very dry. The light red seeds are small and are scattered throughout the fruit.

It is suitable for creating tough, hard-wearing textiles
The leaves are high in natural sugars.
Their seeds have hallucinogenic properties.