Can you identify this for a friend?

A friend asked me to id this but I’m not familiar with it can anyone help?

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It’s a deformed Veronica flower spike. Not sure what would cause a deformity like that, but I have occasionally seen it on other flowers.

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Thank you for answering this. Do you know where this comes from and what time of year?

its genetic mutation. theres a thread on here about it. dont remember the name of it.

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Looks like that is it.

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I found this, though that makes it look like a variety that does this (called Fish tail) all the time.
https://www.vanmeuwen.com/p/veronica-longifolia-christa/v16002VM

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