It’s a Mrihani x Opalescent basil hybrid, I have about two dozen of these started with a variety of mutations. Most of them have mottled green (as well shown by the plant to the left) and all of them have a beautiful metallic purple shimmer to them. This gorgeous seedling is a beautiful example of a whorled phylotaxy, having four leaves per node instead of two.

I’m going to try to see if I can get this mutation somewhat stable, as it’s double your basil per basil, and who wouldn’t want that?

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    9 hours ago

    this sounds like the log book found in a post-apocalyptic world.

    Hidden away in a Vault-Tec lab once you slash and burn your way through a tangle of carnivorous vines that consumed the bunker’s former residents. Good basil though.