Fasciation


This image is of a Goldenrod which has been transformed by FASCIATION. All these images were taken in my back yard and are the same species of Goldenrod.

Fasciation is something that is not really understood by scientists. But it creates cool things to happen with plants. It makes a plant’s growth go berserk in unpredictable ways, growing in a manner that would not normally happen.

It is thought that fasciation happens because of a hormonal imbalance in the plant. What causes that imbalance is uncertain. It could be a random mutation, an injury due to insect action or a disease or even a physical injury. It’s believed to be totally fluke occurrences that are not shared by other plants or even to other parts of the same plant.

Fasciation is bewildering and fascinating.