Wild sunflower

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With golden flowers and vibrant green leaves attached to long lanky stems swaying in the breeze, wild sunflowers continue their summer bloom in the Anza Valley.Related to domestic sunflowers, this Indigenous species, Helianthus californicus, inhabits various local habitats, providing bees, butte

Scientific name: Helianthus annuus Abundance: plentiful What: young flowers, seeds How: seeds can be eaten raw, ground into flour, roasted, or crushed for sunflower oil, the shells can be roasted then used as a coffee substitute; young flowers are boiled Where: Sunny areas, ditches, abandoned yards When: Seeds ripen in late summer, early fall Nutritional Value: carbohydrates, protein and oils Leaf Arrangement: Opposite at the base of the stem but alternating at the top; leaves can measure up…

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Wild flowers of Oregon. Went to Rowena Crest for sunrise and missed it by about 30 minutes (so lame). I did find this nice clump surrounding a fence line and early morning light illuminating every petal.

Prairie Nursery. Inspiring native planting since 1972.

a soft evening sunset of blue yellow and orange behind wild sunflowers

Swooning over the fields of wild sunflowers in New Mexico. 🌻

Hello! You have found our illustrated guide on growing and caring for Wild Sunflowers! We love all sunflowers here but the original Native species is by far our favorite. This is the original sunflower that graced the North American landscape for millennia and was domesticated about 1000 years ago by Native Americans. It is the plant that all of the other iconic annual sunflowers come from.