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Common Sunflower

Flowering Plants

The common sunflower is a large annual plant in the daisy family, native to North America, whose domesticated form is grown for its edible seeds, harvested either as oil seed or confectionery seed. Oilseed sunflowers are grown worldwide and yield the fourth most used vegetable oil globally, and the seeds are also widely used as bird feed and livestock feed, while confectionery seeds are eaten as a snack or used in baking; horticultural varieties are grown ornamentally in gardens. Wild plants typically bear multiple flower heads, while the domesticated sunflower usually produces a single large flower head atop an unbranched stem.

Facts

Classification

Diet

Photosynthetic Autotroph 1

System (Realm)

Terrestrial 2

Relationship to People

Domesticated 1

Living or Extinct

Yes 1

Derived from this species' own Conservation Status: this atlas's IUCN category list has no Extinct value, so a set conservation-status is itself evidence of living status.

Comparison

NatureServe Rank

G5 Secure 3

CITES Appendix

Not Listed 4

Identification

Distinguishing Appearance

Erect rough-hairy stem reaching typical heights of 3 m 1

Scientific Name

Helianthus annuus 1

Conservation Status

Least Concern 1

Connections

Child Taxon Of

Source Wikidata: Wild Sunflower

In Biome

Source NatureServe Explorer: Helianthus annuus

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Sources

1. Common sunflower - Wikipedia

Taxobox, scientific classification
Helianthus annuus
Infobox: status
LC
Description
The plant has an erect rough-hairy stem, reaching typical heights of 3 metres (10 feet).
lead sentence (diet), EntityId 295271
The common sunflower (Helianthus annuus) is a large annual forb in the daisy family Asteraceae.

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2. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)

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3. NatureServe Explorer: Helianthus annuus

NatureServe Explorer

Global rank (roundedGRank)
"roundedGRank": "G5"
In Biome: Grassland, Species characteristics: Grassland/herbaceous
"terrestrialHabitatDescEn": "Grassland/herbaceous"

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4. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Asterales

UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12418

Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12418

"cites_listing":"I/III/NC","eu_listing":"A/C/D/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Plantae","phylum":null,"class":null,"order":"Asterales","family":null},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[],"cites_listings":[]

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Wikidata: Wild Sunflower

Wikidata Q171497, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
Child Taxon Of: Helianthus, Wikidata P171 (parent taxon) claim, rank=normal, target=Q26949 (Helianthus)

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UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Asteraceae

UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12520

Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12520

"active":true,"cites_listing":"NC"

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