Line cristation

Line cristation [ Botany - Horticulture]	Dictionary of botanic terminology - index of names
Synonym: Linear meristem

An abnormal development of an apical meristem characterized by indeterminate proliferative growth that develops laterally forming a line rather than from a single point.

A plant becomes crested when its apex develops laterally from a linear meristem rather than a single point. The linear meristem comes to occupy the tip running parallel to the sides. In the miraculous world of botany cristation is a special freak of nature. Cristated plants often look weird, the growing forms sometimes resemble tumors, though it's not an illness: cristated plants are as healthy as non-cristated forms. They are especially beautiful at cacti as, but also other vascular plants can have it.

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