No smartphone, no problem: Plants have their own built-in 'Season-Meter'

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You may check your phone before deciding what to wear tomorrow. Plants do something similar: they carry an internal gadget called a "Season-Meter" that tracks temperatures over the preceding weeks or months to help determine when to flower. By comparing two wild perennial plant s

You may check your phone before deciding what to wear tomorrow. Plants do something similar: they carry an internal gadget called a "Season-Meter" that tracks temperatures over the preceding weeks or months to help determine when to flower. By comparing two wild perennial plant s This story matters for Science & Discovery readers tracking engineering. Reported by phys.org. Read the full original at the source link below.

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