Unusual Fractal Flower and a Dandelion

Here's a pretty flower I saw on my walk yesterday. I've never seen this type of fractal pattern before. 

It's hard to describe--a lily pad shape with two flowers coming out is the closest I can say. Not many fractal levels, looks like 3 iterations to me.

This Euphorbia Rigida exhibits an interesting fractal pattern.

The dandylion below is a more common fractal flower. It is only one iteration deep. You see that the hundreds of smaller flowers each look like the single mother shape.

This dandelion shows a very simple fractal pattern that only goes one iteration deep--a puff-ball made of puff-balls.

You can watch my fractal broccoli demonstration to see the many levels of a broccoli.

The reason that fractals were so hard to identify as a phenomenon is that it is the pattern of smaller and larger iterations that make up a "fractal," not its particular shape or appearance. So you can look at a number of fractal objects all lined up, like the three plants above, and not recognize that they all bespeak the same operational pattern of "as above, so below."

Read the entire Simple Explanation of fractals by clicking on this link.