Black Waterleaf

This big shrub grows up to 9 feet (2.7 meters) tall and lives for around 19 years. It is somewhat resistant to disease and destructive insect infestation.

It has numerous flexible, straight stems covered in hard, rough, dark brown bark, and the wood inside is black.

The branches are very long, thin and wispy with hundreds of twigs that and are covered with copious amounts of large, broad, flat, leaves with smooth edges. The leaves themselves are vivid red and beige, frail and smooth.

In mid-spring it produces many small, caramel flowers with perforated petals. They are hardy and have a powerful scent that smells like rotten meat.