Graybark

This short shrub grows up to 1 foot (30.5 cm) tall and lives for around 35 years. It is not very resistant to disease and destructive insect infestation.

It has numerous sturdy, twisting stems covered in hard, silky, gray bark, and the wood inside is gray.

The branches are short stubs with dozens of twigs that and are covered with handfuls of giant, fan-like, leaves with smooth edges. The leaves themselves are either dull yellow, or magenta with peach streaks, light and clammy.

In mid-spring it produces a handful of small, red flowers with long, narrow petals with a tube-like floral cup. They fall easily and have a fairly strong scent that smells like damp.