There’s also an extremely tiny percent of plants that are entirely white, they don’t get their energy through photosynthesis but instead a parasitic relationship of fungi and other plants.
I know this is a joke, but to be fair: the scientific consensus (now) is that the purple pigmentation acts as a sort of sunscreen against too much sunlight.
Purple leaves are a thing.
There’s also an extremely tiny percent of plants that are entirely white, they don’t get their energy through photosynthesis but instead a parasitic relationship of fungi and other plants.
Mycoheterotrophs! Love them, such bizarre little plants
I was so disappointed when I learned how hard (I mean I haven’t actually tried it) to culture them, but it makes sense given how they occur.
Yeah I wouldn’t try that in a million years, you need, like, an actual functioning ecosystem for them to flourish
That’s from plants that get their air mostly from the shade and sunsets, so obviously they’d be less yellow and more dark and red.
I know this is a joke, but to be fair: the scientific consensus (now) is that the purple pigmentation acts as a sort of sunscreen against too much sunlight.
So they’re like black plants
As is purple rain.