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A few farms in Southern California grow fields of sunflowers for wandering and picking, with flowers blooming from summer into fall, including Tanaka Farms' Hana Field in Costa Mesa, the Pumpkin ...
The common sunflowers we see in cut flower bouquets are annuals, as are the sunflowers grown for seeds, but other species are perennials. Many perennial sunflowers are native to the prairie ...
The inflorescence holds several flower heads. Each head is supported by a base covered in long, pointed phyllaries that bend back as the head ages and develops fruit. The flower head has a fringe of golden yellow ray florets , each two to three centimeters ( 3 ⁄ 4 – 1 + 1 ⁄ 4 in) long, and a center filled with curly yellow and brown disc ...
Of California's total plant population, 2,153 species, subspecies, and varieties are endemic and native to California alone, according to the 1993 Jepson Manual study. [4] This botanical diversity stems not only from the size of the state, but also its diverse topographies , climates, and soils (e.g. serpentine outcrops ).
The solitary flower heads are daisy like, with 15 to 25 bright yellow ray florets 1 to 3 centimeters long around a center of protruding yellowish to purplish brown disc florets. The fruit is an achene 5 to 7 millimeters long, with no pappus. It blooms from February to June, and attracts butterflies, bees, and other insects. [5]
The flowers are yellow and composite, looking much like true sunflowers, and sometimes grow to about 5 cm (2 in) wide. [3] Both the (8–12) ray and disk flowers are yellow, [3] with one flower head on each flowering stalk. [2] [6] The flower heads have 6–14 rays, which are darker towards the base, and several disk flowers. [7]
A trip to see the field of sunflowers is worth adding to your summer bucket list. It’s sunflower season at Raleigh’s Dix Park. Here’s how to see the blooms.
The pistillate flowers range in number from 6 to 10 and the disk flowers range from 15 to 30; they are generally yellowish, but sometimes red. Artemisia species are sunflower family members, however unlike many other members of the family, they often produce small, unnoticeable blooms. Their attractive silvery leaf, which is often fragrant when ...