Sunflower
(which is mentioned in Ovid's poem Metamorphoses) actually refers to heliotrope or
marigold.
Trivia
· The sunflower is the state flower of the U.S. state of Kansas, and one of the city
flowers of Kitakyushu, Japan.
· The Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosa) is related to the sunflower. The
Mexican sunflower is Tithonia rotundifolia. False sunflower refers to plants of
the genus Heliopsis.
· Scientific literature reports, from 1567, that a 12 m (40'), traditional, single-head,
sunflower plant was grown in Padua. The same seed lot grew almost 8 m (24') at
other times and places (e.g. Madrid). Much more recent feats (past score years) of
over 8 m (25') have been achieved in both Netherlands and Canada (Ontario).
· The sunflower is often used as a symbol of green ideology, much as the red rose
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