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How do sunflower work?

Updated: 10/9/2023
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First, the "Sunflower" is native to the Americas.

The sunflower is comprised of many smaller flowers very close together, forming what is known as florets. These florets as a whole is called the head or flower of the sunflower. The florets, spiral forming the flower/head and can grow to as large as 15" (381mm) in diameter and up to 15 feet (4.57M) tall.

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There are many products that come directly from sunflowers.

Some of these include:

  • Raw or roasted sunflower whole seed as a snack food with or without seasoning
  • Butter - similar to peanut butter, it is called sunflower butter
  • German sunflower whole seed breaed
  • Bird food - either alone or in combination with other seeds
  • Shelled seeds can be used in salads.
  • Sunflower oil is used in cooking, margrine, biodiesel and other products
  • Native American uses: bread, medical ointments, dyes, body paint
  • "Cake" left over from oil processing is fed to livestock
  • Ornamental plants for home gardens use also to attract seed-loving birds
  • Sunflowers produce latex - may be used to produce nonallergic rubber (gloves)
  • They have been used in phytoermediation to extract harmful items from soil
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