common sunflower

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common sunflower - annual sunflower grown for silage and for its seeds which are a source of oil; common throughout United States and much of North America

Helianthus annuus, mirasol

sunflower seed - edible seed of sunflowers; used as food and poultry feed and as a source of oil

helianthus, sunflower - any plant of the genus Helianthus having large flower heads with dark disk florets and showy yellow rays

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SANTA CLARITA - What experts believed was an extinct flower found this fall along the banks of the Santa Clara River could be a common sunflower found in eastern California and Colorado.

PLANT CONFUSES EXPERTS AREA SUNFLOWER ANALYZED by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)

The field was infected with sunflower rust, the most common sunflower disease, which damages the leaves and reduces development of the stalk and seed head.

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It was never known to be used by any American Indian tribe like the common sunflower, and it went extinct before anyone had time to study it, he said.

SUNFLOWER FIND A REAL SURPRISE PLANT WAS LONG-THOUGHT EXTINCT by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)

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