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Erysimum crassistylum
Erysimum crassistylum funny looking stems, spotted in my neighbourhood, Volos Greece.
Spotted on Apr 24, 2013
Submitted on Apr 25, 2013
11 Comments
Dear @Injica, I just found out through a Greek FB page, that there is a plant pathogen, the Rhodococcus fascians pathogen (known as Corynebacterium fascians), wich causes this kind of deformation, in several plant species...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhodococcus...
Definitely something that occurred either after an initial division of cells for the beginning of a life as a single plant possibly preceded by some other malformations or just rarer situations. But I suppose you figure out that already ;) sorry I'm not so helpful ;)
So it is a mutation or smthng like that...In my plant, there was about 5-6 irregular stems, and the rest of the plant was normal...
Yeah me to, that day I have spotted my unusual case I was with molecular biologist specialized in plants evolution, so a person that has some knowledge about it but her conclusion was just that it has to be sth. powerful enough (but it was also because of many plants I have encounter not just a single case) to cause this mutation...
@Injica, iI was searching around the internet, but I couldn't find a logical explenation...I'd like to hear any ideas about it!
Btw most of my identifications occur by chance ;) that's the magic of true desperation ;) ha ha ha
Dear @Atanas, the Erysimum genus alone, contains 225 species...And the Bracssicaceae family, 3.700...By chance, I found an Italian site, with the plant details, and I was able to ID it...
Hm...good point, didn't ever thought about it in that way, insects have pretty powerful chemicals! Hm...will contemplate about it with my geeky friends ;)
Hi @Injica! I found it in a prairie wery close to my house, just around the corner, to be exact...The plant belongs to the Brassicaceae family, and it took me ages to discover the correct ID.
I wonder if it's a natural phenomenon or there was some insect wich caused that effect to some of the stems...
Oh, yes, now I see why it took you 2 days. :)
Oh that is crazy :D looks like something wrong ;))) Where did you find it? is it something like an industrial area there or similar ! :D totally unbelievable!