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  2. Helianthus - Wikipedia

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    The best-known species is the common sunflower (Helianthus annuus). [6] This and other species, notably Jerusalem artichoke (H. tuberosus), are cultivated in temperate regions and some tropical regions, as food crops for humans, cattle, and poultry, and as ornamental plants. [7]

  3. Common sunflower - Wikipedia

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    The common sunflower (Helianthus annuus) is a species of large annual forb of the daisy family Asteraceae. The common sunflower is harvested for its edible oily seeds, which are often eaten as a snack food. They are also used in the production of cooking oil, as food for livestock, as bird food, and as a plantings in domestic gardens for ...

  4. Helianthus debilis - Wikipedia

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    Helianthus debilis subsp. vestitus - clothed sunflower, [17] hairy beach sunflower. [18] Endemic to Florida. [19] Imperiled; known from about 22 occurrences. [18] This species grows in several types of coastal habitat, sometimes directly on the beach. It tolerates a moderately saline environment, but not an excessive amount of salt spray or ...

  5. Helianthus strumosus - Wikipedia

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    Helianthus strumosus, the pale-leaf woodland sunflower, [3] is a species of sunflower native to North America east of the Great Plains and is in the family Asteraceae. [4] It is a native perennial sunflower that resembles other members of this family including the Pale Sunflower (H. decapetalus), Woodland Sunflower (H. divaricatus), Hispid Sunflower (H. hirsutus), and Jerusalem Artichoke (H ...

  6. Heliantheae - Wikipedia

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    The Heliantheae (sometimes called the sunflower tribe) are the third-largest tribe in the sunflower family . With some 190 genera and nearly 2500 recognized species, only the tribes Senecioneae and Astereae are larger. The name is derived from the genus Helianthus, which is Greek for sun flower.

  7. Helianthus californicus - Wikipedia

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    Helianthus californicus is a North American species of sunflower known by the common name California sunflower. It is native to California in the United States and Baja California in Mexico, where it grows in many types of habitats. [1] [2] [3]

  8. Helianthus angustifolius - Wikipedia

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    Helianthus angustifolius is a species of sunflower known by the common name narrowleaf sunflower or swamp sunflower. It is native to the south-central and eastern United States, found in all the coastal states from Texas to Long Island , and inland as far as Missouri .

  9. Helianthus maximiliani - Wikipedia

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    Helianthus maximiliani is a North American species of sunflower known by the common name Maximilian sunflower. [ 2 ] This sunflower is named for Prince Maximilian of Wied-Neuwied , who encountered it on his travels in North America.