Helianthus annuus L.

ASTERACEAE

- Aster family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)

Taxon Page:

Name: Helianthus annuus L.

Nomencl. ref.: Sp. Pl.: 904 (1753)
Rank: species

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Common names

U.S. name: Common sunflower

English name: sunflower

Spanish name: girasol

French name: tournesol

Italian name: Girasole comune

German name: Sonnenblume

Grown habit: Forb/herb
Duration: Annual

Synonyms:
= Helianthus annuus L. ssp. jaegeri (Heiser) Heiser
= Helianthus annuus L. ssp. lenticularis (Douglas ex Lindl.) Cockerell
= Helianthus annuus L. ssp. texanus Heiser
= Helianthus annuus L. var. lenticularis (Douglas ex Lindl.) Steyerm.
= Helianthus annuus L. var. macrocarpus (DC.) Cockerell
= Helianthus annuus L. var. texanus (Heiser) Shinners
= Helianthus aridus Rydb.
= Helianthus lenticularis Douglas ex Lindl.

Subspecies / Varieties:
1) Helianthus annuus L. ssp. jaegeri (Heiser) Heiser
2) Helianthus annuus L. ssp. lenticularis (Douglas ex Lindl.) Cockerell
3) Helianthus annuus L. ssp. texanus Heiser
4) Helianthus annuus L. var. lenticularis (Douglas ex Lindl.) Steyerm.
5) Helianthus annuus L. var. macrocarpus (DC.) Cockerell
6) Helianthus annuus L. var. texanus (Heiser) Shinners

TAXONOMY

Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Asteridae
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Helianthus
Species:

Page counter: 4787 ( AVG: 221.81 / 290.705 )

Gallery:

Helianthus annuus
Stem at Makawao, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Helianthus annuus
Flowering habit at Makawao, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Helianthus annuus
USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 3: 478.

Helianthus annuus
Credit: Photo by Patrizia Ferrari

Helianthus annuus
Credit: Photo by Pancrazio Campagna

Helianthus annuus
Flowers at Makawao, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Helianthus annuus
Flowers and leaves at Makawao, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Helianthus annuus
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Berlin, Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum Berlin-Dahlem, Germania, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

Helianthus annuus
Picture modified from Gilg, Ernst; Schumann, Karl - Das Pflanzenreich Hausschatz des Wissens (1900) - Permission granted to use under GFDL by Kurt Stueber. Source: www.biolib.de - Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this image under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled GNU Free Documentation License.

Helianthus annuus
Red flower form at Makawao, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Helianthus annuus
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Comune di Monrupino, lungo la strada che conduce alla rocca. , TS, FVG, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

Helianthus annuus
Flowering habit at Makawa, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Helianthus annuus
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Parigi, Jardin des plantes., Francia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

Helianthus annuus
Flower at Makawao, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Helianthus annuus
Photo by Leo Michels. Usage: Public Domain

Helianthus annuus
Flowering habit and chickens at Makawao, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Helianthus annuus
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Comune di Padova, Orto botanico dell'Università di Padova, PD, Veneto, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

Helianthus annuus
Credit: Photo by Aldo De Bastiani

Helianthus annuus
Credit: Photo by Patrizia Ferrari

Helianthus annuus
Credit: Photo by Pancrazio Campagna

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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), USA+ (Puerto Rico), CAN (AB, BC, MB, NB, NS, NT, ON, PE, QC, SK), FRA (SPM)

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Map for Helianthus annuus L.
(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA

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More species:
1) Helianthus annuus L. ssp. jaegeri (Heiser) Heiser [155]
2) Helianthus annuus L. ssp. lenticularis (Douglas ex Lindl.) Cockerell [157]
3) Helianthus annuus L. ssp. texanus Heiser [201]
4) Helianthus annuus L. var. macrocarpus (DC.) Cockerell [153]
5) Helianthus argophyllus Torr. & A. Gray [304]
6) Helianthus atrorubens L. var. pubescens Kuntze [174]
7) Helianthus crenatus R.C. Jacks. [143]
8) Helianthus debilis Nutt. var. vestitus (E.E. Watson) Cronquist [129]
9) Helianthus exilis A. Gray [138]
10) Helianthus instabilis E.E. Watson [143]

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