[MargaretR]

Originally Posted by mobertol

As far as I can remember plants don't have any kind of nervous system so they don't "feel" anything. They do move towards light and send out roots to search for water and nutrients but they don't do this "consciously". They are extremely complex and quite fascinating but they don't have a consciousness.

That was what your botany degree taught you at the time you took it.



A lot depends on how broad your view is of 'conciousness'.