TIL that plants can be albino, too. They have no chloroplasts and produce no chlorophyll of their own, so they either die early, or adapt to become parasites of the plants closest to them, and steal nutrients from them. Like vampire plants. Crazy!
https://www.earth.com/news/albino-plants-without-chlorophyll/
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g5509j/til_that_plants_can_be_albino_too_they_have_no/
https://www.earth.com/news/albino-plants-without-chlorophyll/
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g5509j/til_that_plants_can_be_albino_too_they_have_no/
Botanical albinos: The science behind plants without chlorophyll - Earth.com
Albino plants, lacking the chlorophyll they need to make food, typically die as seedlings after the energy stored in the seed is used up.Richard Pallardy (Earth.com)
