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Helianthus (/ ˌ h iː l i ˈ æ n θ ə s /) [3] is a genus comprising around 70 species of annual and perennial flowering plants in the daisy family Asteraceae commonly known as sunflowers.
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 ...
Sunflower is the common sunflower (Helianthus annuus), a species of annual flowering plant first domesticated in the Americas. Sunflower or Sunflowers may also refer to: Helianthus , the genus of plants known as sunflowers
Helianthus glaucophyllus is a species of sunflower known by the common name whiteleaf sunflower. It is native to the southeastern United States, in the southern Appalachian Mountains in North Carolina , Tennessee , and South Carolina , in and near Great Smoky Mountains National Park .
Sunflowers (original title, in French: Tournesols) is the title of two series of still life paintings by the Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh.The first series, executed in Paris in 1887, depicts the flowers lying on the ground, while the second set, made a year later in Arles, shows a bouquet of sunflowers in a vase.
Commercially important plants in the Heliantheae include sunflower and Jerusalem artichoke. Many garden flowers are also in this group, such as Coreopsis, Cosmos, Echinacea, Rudbeckia, and Zinnia. Some authors separate Coreopsis and Cosmos into the Coreopsideae tribe. [1] In contrast to the benefits brought by the group, some are problematic weeds.
Sunflower (Italian: I girasoli) is a 1970 romantic war tragedy film directed by Vittorio De Sica.An international co-production of Italy, France, the Soviet Union and the United States, the film was shot in the Soviet Union; some scenes were filmed near Moscow, while others near Poltava, a regional center in Ukraine.
Helianthus petiolaris is a North American plant species in the family Asteraceae, commonly known as the prairie sunflower [2] or lesser sunflower. [3] Naturalist and botanist Thomas Nuttall was the first to describe the prairie sunflower in 1821.