What is wrong with this unusual stem of a Forsythia??

I have several Forsythia. Two of them have developed one stem that is flattened and curled into a J. Is this a disease? Or a variant?

 

You have a fascination with fasciation. You can read a bit more about it here: Fasciation

 

I had that happen at the coast to an old forsythia that is still going strong, as healthy as ever

 

And I think my asparagus at the coast have had similar appearance, too - I must have at least a couple of stems w that flat appearance on an otherwise healthy productive plant

I am glad someone here knows the extra-special plant botany Scrabble words
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What is the word for seeds sprouting in the fruit - I had a tomato recently that was eager to make more tomatoes

I think it was last autumn 2020 on a thread about the name for smell of freshly mown grass like hay and I think Margot and also Michael F were in the thread.

ÉDIT - here are the old threads about unusual plant-related words
Prostrate Juniper smells like Cat P

Within that juniper thread is link to another thread about smell of rain on hot pavement etc

 

Hello @Georgia Strait - you remind me of many yet-unanswered questions that could keep a person awake at night. I don't think I ever wrote about a tomato that sat in a dish on my counter for 3 or more weeks getting more and more firm as time passed . . . and when I finally cut it open, was full of germinating seeds! What's the term for that?

Words for phenomena like fasciation and so on are, as @Daniel Mosqin says fascintating and very difficult to find.

That thread 'Prostrate Juniper smells like Cat P' was illuminating. Not like we need another thread but it would be useful to have place to find esoteric, garden or horticulture-related words.

 

Vivipary

Seeds germinating inside a tomato is called vivipary. It occurs in overripe fruit when seeds have reached maturity and the natural hormone, abscisic acid (ABA), is reduced. Then, seed dormancy is lost gradually. The tomato fruit allows vivipary since the seeds do not desiccate (dry out) in the moist environment inside the fruit.

Read more at: Why Are Tomato Seeds Sprouting Inside of My Tomato?

You may enjoy these. I do:
Glossary of Botanical Terms
Glossary of botanical terms - Wikipedia

 

@togata57 - thank you for that! I am going to start my own list of specialized words like 'vivipary', 'fasciation' and so many others that are useful but hard to find (and remember).