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Sunflowers
The Sunflower, Helianthus annuus is an annual flower of the Americas best known for its bright yellow petals and delicious seeds.
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In the sense that soil nutrients often come from decaying matter (nitrogen etc) any plant growing in soil could be seen as consuming that, however because it does not consume the decaying matter _directly_ I don't think sunflowers qualify as detrivore, but a pitcher plant might.
Which state grows the most spring wheat barley flax seed and sunflower?
This question cannot be answered as is because since there are multiple crops, there are also multiple answers. For example, for the 2011 crop year, North Dakota produced the most spring wheat and flaxseed, Idaho produced the most barley, and South Dakota produced the most sunflower.
How many sunflower seeds in a cup?
OK I just looked in my measuring cup and it is 132 if you top it off
What does a sunflower stand for?
A sun flower symbolizes beauty to a person. When given it means your beautiful.
yes they love to consume omega 3 and lots of other good foods like prevention for gingervitis
What are the uses of a sunflower stem?
Uses for sunflowers (Helianthus annuus) include the following:
- Seeds - as a food used raw, baked, roasted, salted or not salted.
- Seeds - can be used for feeding seed-eating birds.
- Seeds - can be made into butter (like peanut butter) or made into bread.
- Seeds - oil is extracted for cooking, margarine and biodiesel.
- Seeds - when oil is extracted, the remaining "cake" can be used for cattle food.
- Flower - ornamental plant for flower or vegetable gardens.
- Plant - produces latex and may be source for nonallergenic rubber.
- Stem - contains a fiber that can be used in paper production.
- Leaves - can be used for cattle feed.
- Roots - used in phytoremediation to extract poisons from the soil.
- Native tribes also used the sunflower as a medicinal ointment.
How many different kinds of sunflowers are there?
Sunflowers (Helianthus annuus) are annual plants native to the Americas, that possess a large inflorescence (flowering head).
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What is usually called the flower is actually a head(formally composite flower) of numerous florets (small flowers) crowded together. The outer florets are the sterile ray florets and can be yellow, maroon, orange, or other colors. The florets inside the circular head are called disc florets, which mature into seeds.
The florets within the sunflower's cluster are arranged in a spiral pattern. Typically each floret is oriented toward the next by approximately the golden angle, 137.5°, producing a pattern of interconnecting spirals where the number of left spirals and the number of right spirals are successive Fibonacci numbers. Typically, there are 34 spirals in one direction and 55 in the other; on a very large sunflower there could be 89 in one direction and 144 in the other.[1][2][3] This pattern produces the most efficient packing of seeds within the flower head.[4][5][6]
Should sunflowers avoid hard freezes?
Yes, although they are somewhat frost tolerant and can survive temperatures of 28 degrees Fahrenheit.
Can you buy sunflowers in February?
If you are referring to bouquet sunflowers, yes; you can usually get any type of flower at any time of the year, though they may be more expensive out of season. For growing yourself, most stores don't carry seeds during the wintertime (unless you live in the southern hemisphere, where February is summertime). However, you can usually still purchase them online.
How much does sunflowers cost?
That's pretty hard to answer, since there are many different varieties of sunflower and many forms you can buy them in. Flower bouquets often cost $30 or more. Oilseed sunflowers can be purchased for maybe $ .40 a pound. And most seed packets for decorative sunflowers containing between 10 and 30 seeds are $1.
What products contain sunflower seeds?
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
When do sunflowers grow in India?
That depends on where you live; India has several different biomes with a variety of temperatures and growing conditions. In a place that is fairly warm year-round, you can theoretically grow sunflowers at any time.
What is the smell of sunflower?
I grew Mammoth Sunflowers from seeds. The flowers smell sweet, like candy or sugar, but you have to get your nose up close. That means competing with the bees that LOVE them and are important for pollinating. I LOVE their scent, and found it to be quite intoxicating.
How much do spitz sunflower seeds cost?
depending upon size for 2.25oz they are about .50 a pack, for 6oz they are 1.59-.170 they sell 12 and 16 oz but i havent seen in stores
What tropisms do sunflowers have?
well in my science book it said all plants need phototropism to live. from jm
When did Banksy paint van gogh's sunflowers?
While Vincent himself never actually stated why he liked the sunflowers in particular, references to them are made in his many letters, which help give us some idea. In a letter to his sister dated 21 August 1888, he talks of his friend Gauguin coming to live with him in Arles. Then goes on to say that he "˜intends to decorate the whole studio with nothing but sunflowers.' He went on to write further, to his brother Theo, on the same day, "˜Now that I hope to live with Gauguin in a studio of our own, I want to make decorations for the studio. Nothing but big flowers. Next door to your shop, in the restaurant, you know there is a lovely decoration of flowers, I always remember the big sunflowers in the window there.'
In another letter to Theo dated the 9th of September 1888, he wrote, "˜The room you will have then, or Gauguin if he comes, will have white walls with a decoration of great yellow sunflowers. In the morning, when you open the window, you see the green of the gardens and the rising sun, and the road into the town. But you will see these great pictures of the sunflowers, 12 or 14 to the bunch, crammed into this tiny boudoir with its pretty bed and everything else dainty. It will not be commonplace"¦.It will have a feeling of Daumier about it"¦.' Reference from google.
Do hamsters eat sunflower seeds?
Yes. Preferably unsalted. In Winter I give them Black sunflower seeds. More oil = more heat to keep them warm. Feed them well doring the Winter and you will see larger litters and healthier little ones in spring. Try to stay away from sugar, chocolate and cinnamon. Sgar free vanilla wafers are good treats.
Can people eat sunflower seeds?
Yes, of course it has various digestional advantages, basically as roughage. Although it is not a pleasant thing to eat, a lot of people tend to eat it to guard them against constipation due to it various fibres.
Are sunflower seeds toxic to dogs?
im not sure, ive given sunflower kernels to my dog a 3 yr old pit bull and she loves them and i didnt notice any abnormalities. but you should still ask a vet i hope this helps
Follow this link, and it will tell you what not to feed your dog:
http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm?c=2+1659&aid=1030
(Sunflowers seeds are ok, if not salted.)
