Sunflower

[Nialla]

I think this should be fixed. The in-game description of the sunflower states that it is a misconception that the flower turns to face the sun. It actually DOES turn to face the sun, known as heliotropism.

 

[Giant Octopodes]

Yes and no; young sunflowers exhibit heliotropism. But mature sunflowers, those which have bloomed, will instead always face east. Thus the in game description is accurate, when folks think of the Flower turning to face the sun, they're thinking of a fully bloomed, mature sunflower with a giant open seed head. And indeed that will not turn to face the sun, it'll always face east. While young and growing and before it blooms you're correct, it'll turn to face the sun, starting out facing east and turning throughout the day before turning back east during the night to get ready for the next sunrise. Cool stuff, but the tl;dr is you're both right.

 

[FilthyGorilla]

Yeah as Giant Octopodes already stated, I think the description is pretty encompassing for what people are generally expecting for the sunflower to do/(not do).

 

[PoppyForPenny]

Yes and no; young sunflowers exhibit heliotropism. But mature sunflowers, those which have bloomed, will instead always face east. Thus the in game description is accurate, when folks think of the Flower turning to face the sun, they're thinking of a fully bloomed, mature sunflower with a giant open seed head. And indeed that will not turn to face the sun, it'll always face east. While young and growing and before it blooms you're correct, it'll turn to face the sun, starting out facing east and turning throughout the day before turning back east during the night to get ready for the next sunrise. Cool stuff, but the tl;dr is you're both right.

I live near fields of sunflowers grown for seeds, which are left until they are past wilted, and at every stage they turn throughout the day to face the sun. East in the mornings, west in the evenings. Maybe other varieties stop once they are bloomed but the ones I see continue facing the sun even once they've begun dying.