Crimsonvine

This short shrub grows up to 1 foot (30.5 cm) tall and lives for around 13 years. It is susceptible to disease and destructive insect infestation.

It has numerous knobbly, curved stems covered in delicate, waxy, gray bark, and the wood inside is white.

The branches trail down across the ground with hundreds of twigs that and are covered with handfuls of tiny, asymmetrical, leaves with toothed edges. The leaves themselves are either crimson, or white with pink dots, tough and smooth.

It produces dozens of tiny, yellow flowers with long, narrow petals. They fall easily and have a weak scent that smells like something putrid. In early winter it forms giantsubtle red, winged seeds that spin and fall nearby.