For the sunflower, turning toward the sun requires multiple complex systems (IMAGE)

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For the sunflower, turning toward the sun requires multiple complex systems

Caption

Heliotropism leads to the uniform eastward orientation of mature sunflower plants.

Credit

Maksim Goncharenok, Pexels (CC0, https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)

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