Q: My granddaughter spotted this flower in my front yard. It seems unique: one very wide stem and a daisy bloom that wraps around, looking like two blooms fused together.
This is a physical phenomenon called fasciation. The bud produces flattened cells instead of round ones. You can easily see the flat stem and weirdly shaped flower.
I know several plants that can become fasciated... curly willow, daylily, and others.
See Fasciated Plants.
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