Summertime
🌻Sunflower 🌻
Latin: Helianthus
Helianthus (/ˌhiːliˈænθəs/) is a genus of plants comprising about
70 species. for three species in South America, all Helianthus
species are native to North America and Central America.
The common names
"sunflower" and "common sunflower" typically refer to the
popular annual species Helianthus annuus, whose round
flower heads in combination with the ligules look like the sun. This and
other species, notably Jerusalem artichoke (H. tuberosus), are
cultivated in temperate regions and some tropical regions as food crops
for humans, cattle, and poultry, and as ornamental plants.
The
species H. annuus typically grows during the summer and into early fall,
with the peak growth season being mid-summer.
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