Plant Information

  • Helianthus annuus

  • Sunflower

    Common Sunflower

    Annual Sunflower

    Mirasol

    Ornamental Sunflower

  • Mirasol

  • Plantae

  • Tracheophyta

  • Magnoliopsida

  • Asterales

  • Asteraceae

  • Helianthus

  • 77%

Description

The common sunflower (Helianthus annuus) is a large annual forb of the genus Helianthus. It is commonly grown as a crop for its edible oily seeds. Apart from cooking oil production, it is also used as livestock forage (as a meal or a silage plant), as bird food, in some industrial applications, and as an ornamental in domestic gardens. Wild H. annuus is a widely branched annual plant with many flower heads. The domestic sunflower, however, often possesses only a single large inflorescence (flower head) atop an unbranched stem.

Visual Usage
  • Angle: 80 %
  • Shape: 79 %
  • Color: 75 %
  • Texture: 75 %
Edible Parts
  • Flowers
  • Oil
  • Seeds
  • Stem
Propagation method
  • Seeds
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