Helianthus annuus L.

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Helianthus annuus

Photo: Mark Hyde
25, Trafalgar Avenue, Sentosa, Harare

Helianthus annuus

Photo: Mark Hyde
25, Trafalgar Avenue, Sentosa, Harare

Helianthus annuus

Photo: Mark Hyde
25, Trafalgar Avenue, Sentosa, Harare

Helianthus annuus

Photo: Mark Hyde
25, Trafalgar Avenue, Sentosa, Harare

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Synonyms:
Common names: Sanifurawa (Shona) Sunflower (English)
Frequency: Occasional
Status: Introduced
Description:
Robust roughly-hairy annual up to 3(-4) m. Leaves alternate, long-petiolate, broadly lanceolate to ovate, acute or acuminate. Phyllaries ovate or ovate-lanceolate, ciliate. Capitula extremely large, up to 35 cm in diameter; disk florets brownish-purple. Ray-florets yellow.
Notes:
Derivation of specific name: annuus: annual
Habitat: Mainly found along roadsides, probably from seeds fallen during transport.
Altitude range: (metres)
Flowering time:
Worldwide distribution: Domesticated from native American stock and cultivated all over the world for its edible oils and seeds. It is occasionally found naturalized along roadsides.
Zimbabwe distribution: C
Growth form(s):
Endemic status:
Red data list status:
Insects associated with this species: Agonoscelis versicoloratus (Minor pest, feeding on seeds)
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Images last updated: Sunday 4 June 2017
Literature:

Bailey, L.H. (1949). Manual of Cultivated Plants Revised edition. Macmillan, New York. Page 998.

Bandeira, S., Bolnick, D. & Barbosa, F. (2007). Wild Flowers of Southern Mozambique Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Maputo, Mozambique Pages 211 - 212. Helianthus annuus lenticularis argophyllus (Includes a picture).

Beentje, H.J. & Ghazanfar, S.A. (eds.) (2005). Compositae (Part 3) Flora of Tropical East Africa Pages 706 - 707. (Includes a picture).


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Flora of Mozambique: Helianthus annuus
Flora of Zambia: Helianthus annuus
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Helianthus annuus

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Helianthus annuus
African Plant Database: Helianthus annuus
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Helianthus annuus
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Helianthus annuus
JSTOR Plant Science: Helianthus annuus
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Helianthus annuus
Plants of the World Online: Helianthus annuus
Tropicos: Helianthus annuus
Wikipedia: Helianthus annuus


Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Zimbabwe: Species information: Helianthus annuus.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=160480, retrieved 29 March 2024

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