Common sunflower
Helianthus annuus
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At a glance
- Scientific name
- Helianthus annuus
- Group
- Eudicots
- Order
- Asterales
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Continent
- North America
- Habitat
- Fields
- Form
- Herb
- Leaves
- Shed in winter
- Flower colour
- Yellow
- Blooms in
- Summer
- Use
- Food, Ornamental, Oil
- Conservation status
- Least concern
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Easy
Did you know?
- A sunflower head is not one flower but hundreds to thousands of tiny ones, packed in spirals.
- Young sunflowers turn their buds to follow the sun across the sky, while mature heads mostly face east.
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- Dandelion
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- Cornflower
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Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q171497 · All plants · All entries