Fingerleaf Shrub

This modest-sized shrub grows up to 4 feet (1.2 meters) tall and lives for decades, with the oldest known specimen being around 166 years old. It is very resistant to disease and destructive insect infestation.

It has dozens of wide, straight stems covered in hard, knobbly, yellow-brown bark, and the wood inside is pine-coloured.

The branches trail down towards the ground with dozens of twigs that and are covered with large amounts of huge, finger-like, leaves with irregular edges. The leaves themselves are solid dark grey or yellow, with cyan splotches, tough and leathery.

It produces copious amounts of medium-sized, white flowers with 6 heart-shaped shaped petals. They fall easily and have a mildly strong scent that smells like cheese. In mid-summer it forms largegold, tough-shelled seeds.