(1) All legume plants do this, so be sure to watch your peas and beans for signs of heliotropism .(2) The heliotropism itself is an adaptation for survival, the plant maximizing sunlight.(3) The adaptive significance of solar tracking in snow buttercups is mediated through the impact of flower heliotropism on paternal and maternal floral environments.(4) Like a heliotropic plant, she turned towards warmth and light, which unfortunately were the blinding flashes of cameras.(5) For fourteen years, off and on, I have spent the spring on the south coast of Cornwall, in the heliotropic village of St Mawes.(6) The decision to include sunflower petals reflects the artist's faith, for the heliotropic nature of this plant made it an emblem of devotion.(7) Using a similar idea in the moral realm, Augustine says that we naturally seek the good and try to turn towards it, as a heliotropic flower seeks the sun.
