Violet

This short shrub grows up to 1 foot (30.5 cm) tall and lives for around 27 years. It is somewhat resistant to disease and destructive insect infestation.

It has several wide, crooked stems covered in paper-thin, knobbly, brown bark, and the wood inside is white.

The branches are short, rigid and upright with dozens of twigs that and are covered with large amounts of giant, pleated, leaves with jagged edges. The leaves themselves are violet and light brown, flimsy and sticky.

In late spring it produces a handful of medium-sized, florescent orange blossoms with asymmetrical petals. They fall easily and have a weak scent that smells like candle wax.

In late winter small circular fruits ripen. The fuzzy orange skin is stretchy and slightly sour, and the slightly crunchy blue flesh is sour and dry. The blood red seeds are tiny and are located in the centre of the fruit.