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Leaves that are not green make food by a process called stichothimia (stich+o+thi+mia) which takes in the energy and circulates it around the leaf

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Can plants have purple leaves?

yes they do because when someone eats something with purple food coloring it makes them pee purple on the leaves turning them purple. also if the flowers on the plant are purple the leaves will be to.


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Why do tomato plants sometimes have purple leaves?

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When Gregor Mendel crossed true breeding purple flowered plants with true breeding white flowered plants all the offspring were purple because?

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What is in the pea plants individuals that are Pp for the alleles that code for flower color will have purple flowers.?

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When gregor mendel crossed true breeding purple flowered plants with true breeding white flowered plants all of the offspring were purple because?

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Two true-breeding pea plants are crossed one with purple flowers and the other with white. Their offspring are?

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Why are some plants red or purple when all plants have chloroplasts and that is what makes plants green?

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