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Silverflare

Succulent type: Caudiciform (Stores water in the thickened base of its stem)

This small caudiciform grows up to 10 feet (3.0 meters) tall. The very thin stem is yellow, and is covered in thick bunches of flexible brown spines. It has a curved, flat, grey trunk atop a thin stilted platform of smooth, exposed roots. The branches are wide and orange and trail down towards the ground.

The ripped-edged, 5 pointed leaves are a shade of silver that gradient shifts to silver at the top. They are strong, and detach easily.

It is slow growing, taking 25 years to reach maturity. Once mature, and only under the right conditions, several flowers with grey petals and a violet central disk grow at the top, reappearing after 2 years, but only when the conditions are right again. The flower head is made up of handfuls of petals; the lower layer of petals are flat, while the upper layers form a tight dish. It has the faintest scent that smells like freshly baked bread.

The caudiciform's skin is thick, the hazel flesh is smooth, and the light brown sap is thin.

It actively smothers and kills off other plants.
It is suitable for creating tough, hard-wearing textiles
It is almost impossible to grow from cuttings.