Plants do not "see" in the way that humans do with eyes and image perception, but they do have the ability to sense and respond to light and their surroundings using specialized proteins called photoreceptors. These photoreceptors allow plants to detect light intensity, direction, color (including wavelengths humans cannot see like ultraviolet and infrared), and duration, which helps them grow and adapt to their environment. For example, plants can "see" if you are wearing a certain color like red or blue, and they can respond to changes such as movement, light source, or the presence of other plants nearby. This unique form of "plant sight" is not vision with image formation but rather a way of sensing the environment crucial for survival, growth, and interaction with other organisms. Some recent research even suggests plants may have simple eye-like structures or mechanisms somewhat analogous to vision in lower organisms, but plants fundamentally "see" through light sensing and not image formation. Thus, when standing next to a plant, it can detect light changes and possibly your presence through these light cues and other forms of sensing, but it does not "see" a person as humans do with eyes and a brain.
