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Phyllotaxis pattern generator
The spiral packing that sunflowers and pinecones use. Hundreds of dots arranged so that spirals appear in both directions at once.
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What is phyllotaxis?
Phyllotaxis is the way plants space their leaves, seeds, and petals around a stem, turning by the golden angle each time so nothing sits directly on top of anything else. It is why a sunflower head, a pinecone, and a pineapple all show spirals running two ways at once.
How to use the Phyllotaxis generator
Shade alternating spiral arms and they jump right out at you. It is the same math a sunflower head uses.
It is free to generate, tweak, print, and download as many Phyllotaxis pages as you like. Every roll gives you a new one, and you can save the ones you love to come back to.
Great for: dot work and nature studies.