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Sunflowers (Helianthus annuus) are annual plants native to the Americas. They have a large inflorescence.
Where the so-called flower is actually a cluster of a large number of small flowers (small flowers) grouped together (formally a compound flower). The external florets are sterile, strap-like florets that may be yellow, lacquer-colored, reddish-yellow, or other colors. The florets in the round cluster are called panicles, which mature into seeds.
The florets within a sunflower cluster are arranged in a spiral pattern. Typically each floret is aligned at approximately a golden angle of 137.5° to the next floret, creating a pattern of interlocking spirals. Here the number of left coils and the number of right coils are consecutive Fibonacci numbers. Typically, there are 34 coils in one direction and 55 in the other direction; A large sunflower may have 89 in one direction and 144 in the other.[1][2][3] This design results in more efficient seed filling within the bouquet.Sunflowers typically grow to a height of 1.5 to 3.5 m (8–12 ft). Scientific literature from 1567 states that the 12-m (40 ft), traditional, single-flowered, sunflower plant was cultivated in Padua. These same seeds have at other times grown to nearly eight meters (26 ft) in other places (eg Madrid). The most recent occurrences (last twenty years) of trees growing over eight meters have occurred in both the Netherlands and Ontario, Canada.Sunflower is native to Central America. Evidence that it was first cultivated in Mexico at least 2600 years BC supports this.[7] It may have been cultivated a second time in the central Mississippi Valley, or it may have been introduced earlier when corn was introduced from Mexico. The earliest known examples of fully cultivated sunflowers in northern Mexico have been found in Tennessee around 2300 BC. Many Native American peoples used the sunflower as a symbol of their sun god, including the Aztecs of Mexico and the Atomi and Incas of South America. Francisco Pizarro was the first European to encounter sunflowers in Tahuandinsuyo, Peru. Gold images of the flower, along with the seeds, were taken back to Spain in the early 16th century. Some researchers argue that the Spanish tried to prevent the cultivation of the sunflower because of its association with solar worship and warfare.[8]
During the 18th century, the use of sunflower oil