Pauline Hyland asked 15 years ago
Has anyone ever seen a garden daisy like this?? my ‘nature expert’ 10 year old daughter found it on easter Sunday among normal daisies. i have it in water now… any tips in how I can preserve it better as it may be of interest to botanical experts?
1 Answers
Gerry Daly Staff answered 7 years ago
This is called fasciation … when a shoot or flower doubles up several times to give a flattened stem.
It is an interesting curiosity, a malfunction of natural control of cell division and differentiation in the growing point, and  but not very rare.
