Monstrosity

Pelorism. For me, a new word, a new concept. According to Wikipedia, pelorism accounts for these foxgloves in my garden that look to be imitating zinnias or some such flower. I have never noticed this before. And then to have two different plants do this right next to each other??? Creepy. The etymology is well-suited for the devil garden. Wikipedia tells me that Linnaeus called this type of mutant a 'Peloria' (Greek for monster or monstrous). He purportedly wrote that "This is certainly no less remarkable than if a cow were to give birth to a calf with a wolf's head."