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...Not at all inclined to rootspread, minutifolia sprouts wiry, thin canes that grow vertically then recurve strongly toward the ground. On reaching the sandy soil surface, the tip of the cane curves up again looking rather like a skinny snake looping along the ground. Where the cane touches the sand roots may sprout and another rosebush will grow and repeat the cycle. ...Blown about by wind, bark on the cane tip gets rubbed away by sand, and callus forms from which roots easily sprout. ...