The sunflower (Helianthus annuus) is an annual plant with a large daisy-like flower face.
Its scientific name comes from the Greek words helios (“sun”) and anthos (“flower”).
The flowers come in many colors (yellow, red, orange, maroon, brown), but they are commonly
bright yellow with brown centers that ripen into heavy heads filled with seeds.
Sunflowers are heliotropic, which means that they turn their flowers to follow the movement of the Sun across the sky east to west, and then returns at night to face the east, ready again for the morning sun. Heliotropism happens during the earlier stages before the flower grows heavy with seeds.
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