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, finding a fasciated marsh thistle, Cirsium palustre, somewhere in the flood plain of the River Cuckmere, near Alfriston, Sussex, when I was aged 12 or 13. I thought I had found some exciting new plant, or strange metamorphic phenomenon. I was amazed how

The distortion, known as fasciation, is a freak of nature, and often looks like several stems have been fused together. It's a rare phenomenon and does the plant no lasting harm. It can develop on a range of shrubs, flowers and perennials. The cause

When a shoot becomes enlarged and flattened, giving the appearance of several shoots fused together, caused by an abnormality. Often seen on forsythia. The cock's comb ornamental flower is grown specifically for its unusual fasciated flowerheads