History of the Amazing Sunflower Close-up of a single
blooming sunflower
in a field of sunflowers
The story of sunflower (Helianthus Annuus ) is indeed amazing. The wild
sunflower is native to North America but commercialization of the plant
took place in Russia. It was only recently that the sunflower plant
returned to North America to become a cultivated crop. But it was the
American Indian who first domesticated the plant into a single headed
plant with a variety of seed colors including black, white, red, and
black/white striped.
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