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The sunflower (Helianthus annuus) is an annual plant native to the Americas in the family Asteraceae, with a large flowering hea (inflorescence). The stem of the flower can grow as high as 3 metres tall, with the flower head reaching up to 30 cm in diameter with the "large" seeds. The term "sunflower" is also used to refer to all plants of the genus Helianthus, many of which are perennial plants.

Trivia about sunflower

  • The Kansas Statehood stamp from 1961 featured what else but this state flower
  • This easy-to-grow state flower of Kansas can measure a foot across & produce nearly 1,000 seeds
  • This tall heliotropic flower is grown for its oil & nutritious seeds
  • The common species of this prairie flower, Helianthus annuus, can reach a height of 15 feet
  • Van Gogh wrote, "The peony is Jeannin's, the hollyhock belongs to Quost", but this bloom "is somewhat my own"
  • Give your garden solar power with richly colored varieties of this, like the type called the giant single
  • The head of this flower, seen here, may produce over 1,000 seeds
  • Spit it out! One of Romania's main agricultural products is the seed of this flower, genus Helianthus
  • The Crops of the Americas stamps included corn & this state flower of Kansas
  • The Italians call this flower girasole because its head turns to follow the light
  • The head of this plant, Helianthus annuus, can grow to more than 30 inches in diameter
  • This giant of a state flower gets its name from the direction it likes to face during the day
  • Eventually I'll bloom into one of these, with a thousand seeds or so
  • Big flower after which the highest spot in Kansas is named
  • Think about it -- Helianthus is the scientific name of this rather large flower
  • This state flower of Kansas is thought to have originated in South America
  • It's grown in a garden:Die Sonnenblume

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