Located in Australia – it has green leaves, fully yellow leaves and sometimes both combined. This year it randomly started new growth that’s flat and green bundled together branches. I think it’s an evergreen spindle but I’m not 100% sure. Does anyone know if this is a parasite etc?
by PangolinWorth4483
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Not sure what plant it is, but that’s called fasciation. It happens occasionally. Sometimes a mutation, sometimes the young tissues of the plant are damaged and that growth is the result.
I’m sure there’s other reasons too, those are just what I remember.
Don’t know what the plant is, buts that’s r/fasciation
I’m thinking spindle (Euonymus sp.) as well.
Variegated plants (which you have) can put out new branches which have reverted to all green leaves. You can prune them out to maintain the [variegation](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variegation), or leave. If you leave, it is likely that the whole plant will eventually revert to plain green all over.
The distortion in your pics is called [fasciation](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fasciation).
The sub r/fasciation would be interested in this.
*Euonymus fortunei* cultivar.