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Twistvine

Shrub type: Deciduous (Grows upwards by winding itself around other objects and plants.)

This average-sized shrub grows up to 3 feet (91.4 cm) tall and lives for around 26 years. It is very resistant to disease and destructive insect infestation.

It has many wide, straight stems covered in delicate, waxy, brown-green speckled bark, and the wood inside is silver.

The branches are very short, thin and wispy with hundreds of twigs that and are covered with thick bunches of small, wide, leaves with wavy edges. The leaves themselves are violet on the edges and yellow at the center, light and rough.

It produces many balls of tiny, bold purple flowers with spear shaped petals with a tube-like floral cup. They are sturdy and have a soft scent that smells like citrus. In late autumn it forms smallbright green berries.

It actively smothers and kills off other plants.
It is suitable for making baskets and the like
It can survive a long time without water.