Plants do not have a nervous system or a brain like animals do, so they do not have the biological structures necessary to experience pain in the same way animals do.

While plants can respond to stimuli such as light, touch, and environmental changes through various mechanisms like growth towards light (phototropism) or closing of leaves in response to touch (thigmotropism), these responses are more likely due to chemical and hormonal signals rather than a conscious experience of pain.

In the absence of a central nervous system and pain receptors, the concept of plants feeling pain in the way animals do is not supported by scientific evidence.