A green-fingered gardener from Yeovil was stunned to find his self-seeded sunflower had grown a staggering 27 heads.
Barry Boyton turned up to his allotment one day to find the plant had bloomed - with multiple heads.
It is not uncommon for a sunflower to have several heads on a single stem although experts say 20 is usually the maximum.
But despite his high number, Barry, of Yeovil, is still a long way off threatening the world record - thought to be more than 100.
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