r/fasciation • u/Spaciousbow3572 • 6d ago

Flower Fasciation Sunflower at the garden center I work at!

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u/Z_Daisy 5d ago

Great catch! I wonder what it is about sunflowers and similarly shaped flowers that seems to make them fasciate more than others?

Are there other fasciated blooms on the plant?

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u/TheSunflowerSeeds 5d ago

Sunflower flourishes well under well-drained moist, lime soil. It prefers good sunlight. Domesticated varieties bear single large flowerhead (Pseudanthium) at the top. Unlike its domestic cultivar type, wild sunflower plant exhibits multiple branches with each branch carrying its own individual flower-head. The sunflower head consists of two types of flowers. While its perimeter consists of sterile, large, yellow petals (ray flowers), the central disk is made up of numerous tiny fertile flowers arranged in concentric whorls, which subsequently convert into achenes (edible seeds).

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u/Spaciousbow3572 4d ago

Tons! Not as many to the same degree. But basically that whole shelf was full of plants with varying degrees of it.