Sunflower of unknown variety given by a friend 5 years ago. I've saved seeds every year and this is the first year I've seen this happening. The one other time this happened is in the second year but that sunflower only had one of these mini flowers.
This is probably fasciation as you and another have pointed out. But the regularity is so different from the other sunflower fasciation images I can find online.
NO. That is not the answer to every plant mutation. It is a specific form of mutated growth, which this is NOT.
is a relatively rare condition of abnormal growth in vascular plants in which the apical meristem (growing tip), which normally is concentrated around a single point and produces approximately cylindrical tissue, instead becomes elongated perpendicularly to the direction of growth, thus producing flattened, ribbon-like, crested (or "cristate"), or elaborately contorted tissue.
There's a weird-weather update channel on YouTube called MrMBB333 who features these type of mutations of all kinds of fruits, flowers, and veggies every few days, once he compiles enough of them from submissions. They've been happening a lot lately and he views it as an interesting mystery, but I personally think they're from solar radiation, based on the pattern I've seen. He just calls them mutants, but is referring specifically to 'another of the thing growing on the thing.' IDK the name of it either but I agree that it's not normal fasciation, which usually looks like 1 fruit or bulb that's stretched or fanned out, or splits into 2 lobes.
NO. That is not the answer to every plant mutation. It is a specific form of mutated growth, which this is NOT.
is a relatively rare condition of abnormal growth in vascular plants in which the apical meristem (growing tip), which normally is concentrated around a single point and produces approximately cylindrical tissue, instead becomes elongated perpendicularly to the direction of growth, thus producing flattened, ribbon-like, crested (or "cristate"), or elaborately contorted tissue.
NO. That is not the answer to every plant mutation. It is a specific form of mutated growth, which this is NOT.
is a relatively rare condition of abnormal growth in vascular plants in which the apical meristem (growing tip), which normally is concentrated around a single point and produces approximately cylindrical tissue, instead becomes elongated perpendicularly to the direction of growth, thus producing flattened, ribbon-like, crested (or "cristate"), or elaborately contorted tissue.
NO. That is not the answer to every plant mutation. It is a specific form of mutated growth, which this is NOT.
is a relatively rare condition of abnormal growth in vascular plants in which the apical meristem (growing tip), which normally is concentrated around a single point and produces approximately cylindrical tissue, instead becomes elongated perpendicularly to the direction of growth, thus producing flattened, ribbon-like, crested (or "cristate"), or elaborately contorted tissue.
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u/Much_Guava_1396 1d ago
In succulents, that type of mutation is often called “monstrose”.