Land of mutant daisies: Flowers grow strangely near site of Fukushima nuclear power plant where massive tsunami caused one of the worst nuclear disasters in history

  • Deformed daisies are growing near the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan 
  • The plants have been blooming with double flowers and up to four stems   
  • Four years after the nuclear meltdown the area is still affected by radiation
  • A Japanese Twitter user from a nearby city tweeted the images  

By Martha Azzi For Daily Mail Australia

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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 mutilated plants were captured by the Japanese Twitter user @Sain_Kaidu who lives in the city of Nasushiobara, about 110 km from the nuclear plant. 

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Japanese Twitter user @Sain_Kaidu, who lives in the city of Nasushiobara, posted the photos on his twitter page

Japanese Twitter user @Sain_Kaidu, who lives in the city of Nasushiobara, posted the photos on his twitter page

Known as fasciation (or cresting) the hormonal imbalance in vascular plants is a rare condition causing plants to increase in weight and volume

Known as fasciation (or cresting) the hormonal imbalance in vascular plants is a rare condition causing plants to increase in weight and volume

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. 

So it is no surprise that the abnormal flowers have started growing in Fukushima but they can occur anywhere. The condition is also one without treatment.  

Translated by The International Business Times, the tweeter's post read: 'The right one grew up, (and) split into 2 stems to have 2 flowers connected (to) each other, having 4 stems of flower tied belt-like.'   

Critics reacted to the images on social media claiming them to be a scam when in fact the condition is real. 

Since the tragic disaster in 2011 the area of Fukushima has since been evacuated.

In 2011 a tsunami hit the Fukuhsima nuclear plant causing the meltdown of three of its six nuclear plants

In 2011 a tsunami hit the Fukuhsima nuclear plant causing the meltdown of three of its six nuclear plants

The city of Fukushima has been fully evacuated since the tragic disaster in 2011

The city of Fukushima has been fully evacuated since the tragic disaster in 2011

Four years after the nuclear meltdown the area is still affected by radiation 

Four years after the nuclear meltdown the area is still affected by radiation 

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