QuickCheck: Can plants see?

At first glance, there's nothing immediately apparent about Boquila trifoliolata that would make you think that it has “super powers”. - Photo: Inao - Flickr: Boquila trifoliata - CC BY-SA 2.0

IT'S a well-known fact that plants lack many of the sensory systems that animals and people use to perceive the world.

In fact, for most of history, it was assumed that plants had no sense of perception whatsoever. However, recent study seems to indicate that at least one plant might be capable of “seeing” what's around it.