r/botany 9d ago

Is this rare? Genetics

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I was going through a bag of romaine lettuce I had got at the store and found a leaf that seemed to have sprouted two tips and I was wondering if this is common or not?

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u/boebaeda 9d ago

maybe the apical meristem split into 2 as the leaf was growing? I’ve seen this happen with oak leaves a couple times

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u/Image_Inevitable 7d ago

I have a Boston fern like this in my bathroom