r/botany • u/SnooChocolates9625 • 9d ago
Is this rare? Genetics
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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r/botany • u/SnooChocolates9625 • 9d ago
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