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

Edible: yes

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.

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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.
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crashdive123 7 Aug, 2009	Warning: Pollen or plant extracts may cause allergic reactions.
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