About Sunflower
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About sunflower. The tallest sunflower on record was over 30 feet tall. Sunflower is the national flower of ukraine and is the state flower of kansas. The guinness world record for the tallest sunflower is 25 feet 5 inches grown by m heijims in oirschot netherlands in1986. Helianthus h i l i ae n o e s is a genus comprising about 70 species of annual and perennial flowering plants in the daisy family asteraceae.
Sunflowers are one of the fastest growing plants and they grow tall. Sunflowers display a behavior called heliotropism. The young blossoms will face east in the morning and follow the sun as the earth moves during the day. The worlds tallest sunflower reaches 30 feet 1 inch.
The inner eye is made up of disk florets which are arranged in mesmerizing patterns of interconnecting spirals. On an average they grow up to 8 12 feet within six months. Each petal of the head of a sunflower is what botanists call a ray floret. Sunflowers arent just one flower like they appear to be.
The sunflower helianthus annuus is a living annual plant in the family asteraceae with a large flower head capitulumthe stem of the flower can grow up to 3 metres tall with a flower head that can be 30 cm wide. At the bud stage sunflowers exhibit a unique trait called heliotropism with which the bud of the sunflower faces the sun at all times throughout the day starting the day facing east and ending it facing west. Sunflowers are a symbol of loyalty and longevity because of the flowers ability to retain its beauty in the face of environmental factors that would leave other flowers wilted. Except for three south american species the species of helianthus are native to north america and central americathe common names sunflower and common sunflower typically refer to the popular annual species helianthus annuus whose.
They actually contain 1000 to 2000 smaller flowers. Sunflowers helianthus annuus is an annual plant with a large daisy like flower faceits scientific name comes from the greek words helios sun and anthos flowerthe flowers come in many colors yellow red orange maroon brown but they are commonly bright yellow with brown centers that ripen into heavy heads filled with seeds. Coming in at 30 feet 1 inch the bloom was grown in germany by hans peter schiffer who has held the record twice before. The flower head is actually an inflorescence made of hundreds.