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> The sunflower head, for example, is actually a composite composed of multiple much smaller flowers. While the head is generally radially symmetric—it can be d
by iefbr14 3y ago
> The sunflower head, for example, is actually a composite composed of multiple much smaller flowers. While the head is generally radially symmetric—it can be divided into two equal halves in multiple directions..
When you look at the seeds in the head you will noticed that they form a spiral. A spiral doesn't have a radial symmetry afaik.
- mathgradthrow 3y agoone spiral does not have radial symmetry. If i take the union of that spiral and that spiral rotated by 2pi*k/n rotation for each k, I get n-fold symmetry.