However, the four Gentiana species take seven to 210 seconds to close their petals, making them the most sensitive and fast-reacting flowers in the world, the study said.

In a short communication published in Science Bulletin, Dai et al. discovered four species of Gentiana responded to mechanical stimulation with rapid corolla contraction and full closure. This ...

Here’s a look at today’s, featuring Gentiana, and a few more from the past few days. The drawing of the day, shown above, was done by Final Fantasy XV’ s 2D artist Kaoru Kawaguchi.