How do sunflower work?

Answer 1

head

Answer:

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.

Answer 2

the eat the seeds mostly or they eat the petals sometimes

Answer 3

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