The Most Beautiful Flower: The Sunflower 🌻🌻
The 'flower' of the common sunflower is actually a pseudanthium, or flowerhead, made up of many small flowers. The outer yellow 'petals' on the flowerhead are known as ray flowers and are made up of multiple petals fused together. Ray petals are usually yellow but can sometimes be red or orange.
Fun Facts:
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💛 The tallest sunflower recorded was 30ft in height
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💛 Sunflowers can absorb toxins from radioactive disasters
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💛 There are 70 different species of sunflower
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💛 Sunflowers have a trait called 'heliotropism' which means they turn to face the sun