What are the characteristics of sunflowers?

The characteristics of sunflower mainly include:

1, erect stem, 1 ~ 3.5 meters high, round and angular, hard with white coarse bristles.

2, flowering in summer, neutral yellow tongue-shaped flowers at the edge of inflorescence, not strong. The middle of the inflorescence is a bisexual tubular flower, brown or purple, which can bear fruit.

3, achene, obovate or oval oblong, slightly flat, lignified peel, gray or black, commonly known as sunflower seeds.

4, sunflower, the top of the young plant in the early stage of growth and the young disc in the middle stage will rotate with the sun very obviously.

Extended data:

1, sunflower language: the sun, silent love, admiration.

2. Sunflower plants consist of five parts: roots, stems, leaves, flowers and fruits.

Sunflower seeds have high oil content and delicious taste, and can be fried or pressed. They are important oil crops. There are three types: edible type, oil type and dual-purpose type. Receptacle, stem and shell can be used as industrial raw materials.

References:

Sunflower _ Baidu encyclopedia