Eli5: Do plants really have photoreceptors and can see?

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Eli5: Do plants really have photoreceptors and can see?

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Depends on what do you mean by “see”.

Can they detect various wavelengths of light and react to them, outside of photosynthesis? Yes, they can. I don’t really understand the topic myself, but it is true.

Do they form images like our eyes? No. That doesn’t happen. They don’t have eyes.

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