Fasciation is a genetic mutation of a plant's growing tip, and it can affect the stem, flowers, or fruits. 6park.com
Sometimes, the results aren't very dramatic. For example, the growing shoots may end up flattened, splayed apart, or may seem to be made up of several stems fused into one. 6park.com
But other times, the effects are extremely eye-catching, such as grossly oversized flowers with a weirdly grotesque look — the closer to the ground that fasciation happens, the more exaggerated its effects tend to be. 6park.com
So since spring is just around the corner, we decided to introduce you to this phenomenon and put together a collection of pics that illustrate the abnormalities that it can lead to.

#1 Fasciated Saguaro Specimen     
  

#2 It Tasted Good Too   
  

#3 Grumpkin - Grape That Looks Like A Pumpkin   
  

#4 Daughter Found This Branch And Uses It As Her Magic Wand   
  

#5 An Example Of Fasciation - Rare Mutation That Can Result In Beautiful And Unique Patterning. Daisies Are Particularly Susceptible To It   
  

#6 Found This Really Strange-Looking Strawberry   
  

#7 Debbie Crest Is Still Going Strong   
  

#8 Fairy Tale Eggplant   
  

#9 Fasciation   
  

#10 A Particularly Neat Example Of Fasciation   
  

#11 The Mutant Digitalis Has So Many Blooms, The Top Is Spinning   
  

#12 Fascinating Verbena At Gravetye Manor   
  

#13 A Weird Pineapple That Has Undergone Cresting, Also Known As Fasciation   
  

#14 Mutant Black-Eyed Susan   
  

#15 Mutant Rose   
  

#16 These Bananas Are Joined Together. It Was Surprisingly Bland And Didn't Taste Very Good   
  

#17 Pachypodium Lamerei At The University Of California, Berkeley Botanical Garden   
  

#18 Not Sure What's In The Water, But It Looks Like At Least 5 Stalks Combined Into One. I Have Named It The Hive   
  

#19 A Group Of Dandelions Fused And Grew Together With One Big Stem   
  

#20 It Has Been Blooming Like This For Over 3 Years   
  

#21 My First Tomato, I Think I'm Doing Something Wrong   
  

#22 I Thought I Might Be Experiencing Some Sort Of Episode When I First Saw This Extraordinary Thistle In Benbecula Yesterday   
  

#23 Frankenkiwi   
  

#24 Amazing Crested Aeonium   
  

#25 My Mutant Sunflower Is Awesome   
  

#26 My Double And Triple Apples   
  

#27 I Think My Madagascar Palm Is Trying To Flex On Me   
  

#28 The Corn I Harvested Today Is Looking Freshly Mutated   
  

#29 Had A Visitor On My Crested Cubic Frost   
  

#30 Crested Maria   
  

#31 I Couldn’t Wait For This One To Completely Acclimate And Root Before I Share It, She’s Just So Perfectly Mermaid-Shaped   
  

#32 Found This Fasciated Silver Celosia Today At The Garden Center   
  

#33 Fasciated Lemon On My Tree   
  

#34 This Fabulous Example Of Fasciation In An Agave Plant Is A Real Monster Nightmare   
  

#35 Growing Stable. My Crested Echeveria Minibelle   
  

#36 My Crested Favorite. It's Called Echeveria Lincoln Frost, Got It Two And A Half Years Ago   
  

#37 Double Banana? Double Egg Yolk? How About This Here Triple Kiwi   
  

#38 I Have A Mutant Dandelion With 8 Flowers All In One Stem   
  

#39 Absolutely Fasciated By This Eggplant   
  

#40 My Friend Grew This Fasciated Cucumber   
  

#41 Mermaid Tail With Lots Of Character   
  

#42 Fasciation Is A Common Occurrence In Plants But A Bromeliad Inflorescence Is A 1st For Me   
  

#43 Crested Echeveria Lemon Rose   
  

#44 Giant Echium With Fasciation In My Friend's Back Yard On Northern California Coast   
  

#45 Friend At Work Grew This Freak Asparagus   
  

#46 Meet Sunny, My Mutant Buddy   
  

#47 Euphorbia Susannae Crest Is Growing Like Crazy And Getting More Wrinkled   
  

#48 What Happened To This Zucchini   
  

#49 That’s A Buttercup   
  

#50 My Crested Garden Succulent