Dwarf

Plants are extremely short and compact because of very short internodes. Plant height may be less than 18 inches. Leaves are dark green and often erect. Ears often produce both sexual parts (Neuffer, Coe, and Wessler, 1997).

close-up of full-grown plant that looks like a gush of corn leaves due to its dwarfed height
Plants before flowering.
close-up of dwarf corn with regular-sized tassels growing at the very top
Plants with tassels.
a row of dwarf plants between two rows of normal plants highlights the significant height difference
Mutant plants next to normal plants.
Close-up of tassels on top of growing ears of corn that look more normal-sized than the rest of the plant
Ear and tassel are not as reduced as stem internodes.