40 Times Mother Nature Hit the Randomize Button and Gave Us Some Seriously Wild Plants

Think you’ve seen all the interesting plants nature has to offer? Think again. As spring teases its arrival with hints of renewal, we’ve rounded up 40 of the most astonishingly wild plants that Mother Nature has conjured up, proving her knack for hitting the ‘randomize’ button.

This isn’t your garden-variety showcase; we’re talking about plants so unique and captivating, they seem plucked from a realm of pure imagination. From flowers that belong in fantasy epics to fruits that challenge our understanding of biology, these pictures offer a glimpse into the plant kingdom’s most fascinating oddities.

As the chill of winter gives way to spring’s vibrant bloom, immerse yourself in a collection that celebrates nature’s most interesting surprises. Get ready for a visual feast that’s sure to amaze, entertain, and maybe even baffle you as we toast to the wonders of spring with nature’s most curious creations.

1. “Daughter Found This Branch And Uses It As Her Magic Wand”

2. “It Tasted Good Too”

3. “Fasciated Saguaro Specimen”

4. “An Example Of Fasciation – Rare Mutation That Can Result In Beautiful And Unique Patterning. Daisies Are Particularly Susceptible To It”

5. “Grumpkin – Grape That Looks Like A Pumpkin”

6. “Fasciation”

7. “Debbie Crest Is Still Going Strong”

8. “A Particularly Neat Example Of Fasciation”

9. “Found This Really Strange-Looking Strawberry”

10. “Fascinating Verbena At Gravetye Manor”

11. “Mutant Rose”

12. “Fairy Tale Eggplant”

13. “Pachypodium Lamerei At The University Of California, Berkeley Botanical Garden”

14. “Mutant Black-Eyed Susan”

15. “The Mutant Digitalis Has So Many Blooms, The Top Is Spinning”

16. “A Weird Pineapple That Has Undergone Cresting, Also Known As Fasciation”

17. “A Group Of Dandelions Fused And Grew Together With One Big Stem”

18. “It Has Been Blooming Like This For Over 3 Years”

19. “I Thought I Might Be Experiencing Some Sort Of Episode When I First Saw This Extraordinary Thistle In Benbecula Yesterday”

20. “These Bananas Are Joined Together. It Was Surprisingly Bland And Didn’t Taste Very Good”

21. “Amazing Crested Aeonium”

22. “Not Sure What’s In The Water, But It Looks Like At Least 5 Stalks Combined Into One. I Have Named It The Hive”

23. “My First Tomato, I Think I’m Doing Something Wrong”

24. “I Think My Madagascar Palm Is Trying To Flex On Me”

25. “My Double And Triple Apples”

26. “Frankenkiwi”

27. “I Couldn’t Wait For This One To Completely Acclimate And Root Before I Share It, She’s Just So Perfectly Mermaid-Shaped”

28. “My Mutant Sunflower Is Awesome”

29. “The Corn I Harvested Today Is Looking Freshly Mutated”

30. “Had A Visitor On My Crested Cubic Frost”

31. “Crested Maria”

32. “Found This Fasciated Silver Celosia Today At The Garden Center”

33. “Growing Stable. My Crested Echeveria Minibelle”

34. “Fasciated Lemon On My Tree”

35. “Crested Echeveria Lemon Rose”

36. “This Fabulous Example Of Fasciation In An Agave Plant Is A Real Monster Nightmare”

37. “Double Banana? Double Egg Yolk? How About This Here Triple Kiwi”

38. “I Have A Mutant Dandelion With 8 Flowers All In One Stem”

39. “Absolutely Fasciated By This Eggplant”

40. “Fasciation Is A Common Occurrence In Plants But A Bromeliad Inflorescence Is A 1st For Me”