Clinging Vinefern

This modest-sized shrub grows up to 3 feet (91.4 cm) tall and lives for around 28 years. It is somewhat resistant to disease and destructive insect infestation.

It has numerous knobbly, angular stems covered in fine, ridged, burgundy bark, and the wood inside is gray.

The branches trail down across the ground with dozens of twigs that and are covered with sparse amounts of miniature, stiff, pointed, leaves with ripped edges. The leaves themselves are solid pale purple or gold, with bronze lines, flexible and rough.

It produces many medium-sized, sky blue flowers with slender, pointed petals with a tube-like floral cup. They detach easily and have a delicate scent that smells like cheese. In mid-autumn it forms medium-sizedyellow, winged seeds that spin and fall nearby.