My Cabinet of Curiosities.
When I was a kid, I remember finding a Buttercup with a strange thickened stem and multi-petalled flower; I was fascinated by it, but no one could tell me what had caused this change in such a common plant.
Now I know that this was caused by fasciation. The reason for this condition is not easy to pin down, but the result is a genetic mutation that produces fantastic variations on a plants usual form, often with uproarious shapes and textures.
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almost coral-like in form, fascinated about the fasciation!
They are amazing aren't they? I wonder what sort of life-span they have??