The mutant daises were found near the Fukushima nuclear plant that went into meltdown in 2011 after a tsunami hit Japan. Photo / @Sain_Kaidu / Twitter
It will surprise no one but mutant daisies with two connected flowers and four stems have been found growing near the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan.
Four years after the tragic disaster saw the meltdown of six nuclear reactors at the plant following a tsunami, the area is still being
affected by radiation that came after the tragedy.
The mutated plants were captured by the Japanese Twitter user @Sain_Kaidu who lives in the city of Nasushiobara, about 110 km from the nuclear plant.
Known as fasciation (or cresting) the hormonal imbalance in vascular plants is a rare condition causing plants to increase in weight and volume.
The sprouting of abnormal flowers at the site of Fukushima however is not a shock with deformed fruit growing within the area as well.
