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Helianthus Annuus


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Helianthus Annuus
  • Scientific Name: Helianthus annuus
  • Common Name: common sunflower
  • Symbol: HEAN3
  • Category: Dicot
  • Genus: Helianthus
  • Family: Asteraceae
  • Family Common Name: Aster family
  • Order: Asterales
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
  • Kingdom: Plantae
  • Duration: Annual
  • Growth Habit: Forb/herb
  • Native Status: L48 (N), AK (I), HI (I), PR (I), CAN (I), SPM (I)
  • State Noxious: IA (SNW)
  • Flower Color: Yellow
  • Flower Conspicuous: Yes
  • Foliage Color: Green
  • Foliage Texture: Coarse
  • Fruit Color: Blue
  • Fruit Color: Blue
  • Edible: yes
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    Sunflower with a bee gathering pollin


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  • Scientific Name: Helianthus Annuus
  • Common Name(s): Common Sunflower, Wild Sunflower
  • Edible: yes
  • Medicinal: yes
  • Parts Used: fruit, leaf


  • crashdive123
    22 Jul, 2009

    Flowers large - up to 6 inches across with a brownish central disk and golden rays. Leaves rough, slender-stalked, heart or spade shaped alternating leaves. Stems rough and hairy. Found in waste places, fields, prairies. Flowers June - October. Uses - Nuts, cereal, flour, oil coffee. The seeds are smaller than those from domesticated plants, but just as good. Boiling the crushed kernals releases a light vegetable oil. The roasted shells can be used to make coffee.
    Current Rating: 0.0000
    crashdive123
    7 Aug, 2009

    American Indians used flower tea for lung ailments, malaria. Leaf tea taken for high fevers; astringent; poultice on snakebites and spider bites. Seeds and leaves said to be diuretic, expectorant.
    Current Rating: 0.0000
    crashdive123
    7 Aug, 2009

    Warning: Pollen or plant extracts may cause allergic reactions.
    Current Rating: 0.0000
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    Sunflower with a bee gathering pollin wild sunflower Flower and leaf/ Common Sunflower Sunflower Sunflower Sunflower Leaf detail of sunflower Sunflower Sunflower Immature sunflower Immature sunflower


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