18 sticky plant mutations that show that nature also sometimes malfunctions (19 photos)

These transformations usually occur naturally due to errors in DNA. Less commonly, the cause is the influence of various external factors. Mutations can have a variety of effects on plants, including both negative and positive effects.





Nature loves to surprise not only with beautiful creations, but also with rather contradictory and even creepy things. For example, plant mutations. They represent a disruption in their genetic structure that can lead to unusual phenotypic manifestations, such as changes in shape, color or texture.

Have you ever seen strawberries like this? Amazing harvest



By the way, these strawberries are completely edible. It is not dangerous to human health. The only thing is that it is slightly less sweet compared to regular, non-deformed berries.

A strange mutation of a flower - it has two cores





This orange has one segment of a different color.



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Fabulous eggplants. It would, of course, be interesting to look at them in a larger size.



Grown bananas



Forked corn



Everything seemed to start out well, but apparently at the last moment something went wrong.

Mutated succulent now looks like a strange alien plant



A giant mutant cucumber next to a regular banana and a tiny tomato



Two-tone cherry



What is most impressive is the perfectly straight line dividing the fruit exactly in half.

Lemon shaped like a carrot



That very moment when you seem to be from the same family, but at the same time so different.

Mutated foxglove shows off its blooms



Atypical color of dahlia



Albino cucumber



The taste of these cucumbers is not much different from green ones.

Rose deformation



Fasciated saguaro cactus



A charming specimen!

Ominous asparagus that looks like the limb of some monster



Mutated sunflower



So, will it yield several times more seeds or not?

Tomato hero. It would be interesting to look at the stem that could withstand it



The farmer who grew such a miracle must have gone mad with happiness.