I love flowers of all kinds but there is just something special about the sunflower to me. Perhaps it is their height, or their strong fibrous stem. Maybe it is the complexity of the heads. Or just their friendly face. Whatever it is, I think they are magical and they make me smile.
If you're really lucky, you'll spy a yellow finch sitting atop a huge head picking seeds. You know the little bird feels like he hit the jackpot!
And just look at this girl - blowing you a kiss!
A few interesting sunflower facts:
1.The heads consist of 1,000-2,000 individual flowers joined together by a receptacle base
2. Sunflower oil has became a widespread cooking ingredient
3. Sunflower leaves can be used as cattle feed
4. The stems contain a fiber that can be used in paper production
5. Only immature flowerheads track the sun. Mature flowerheads typically face east and do not move
6. They can be processed into sunbutter, much like peanut butter but marketed for those with nut allergies
7. Sunflowers produce latex and are the subject of experiments for producing hypoallergenic rubber
8. There are approximately 60 species of sunflowers
9. It is the state flower of Kansas
10. It is impossible to be sad while looking at a sunflower!
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