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WHILE the fact that sunflowers turn their faces toward the sun in its course during the day is as old as our knowledge of the plant, I am not aware that any record has been made as to the time of night that they turn to the east again after their obeisance to the setting sun.
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WHITE, C. The Reversion of Sunflowers at Night. Nature 27, 241 (1883). https://doi.org/10.1038/027241b0
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