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  2. Common sunflower - Wikipedia

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    The plant has an erect rough-hairy stem, reaching typical heights of 3 metres (10 feet). The tallest sunflower on record achieved 9.17 m (30 ft 1 in). [3] Sunflower leaves are broad, coarsely toothed, rough and mostly alternate; those near the bottom are largest and commonly heart-shaped.

  3. Helianthus annuus 'Russian Giant' - Wikipedia

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    It grows up to 2.5 – 4 meters in height within a year. It has heart-shaped or oval, hairy green leaves. They bloom in the summer with a disk that is 12 inches or 30 centimeters in diameter and has a brown color in appearance. [1]

  4. Helianthus - Wikipedia

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    The disk of a sunflower is made up of many little flowers. The ray flowers here are dried In North Carolina A sunflower seed growing. Sunflowers are usually tall annual or perennial plants that in some species can grow to a height of 300 centimetres (120 inches) or more. Each "flower" is actually a disc made up of tiny flowers, to form a larger ...

  5. Helianthus giganteus - Wikipedia

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    Helianthus giganteus, the giant sunflower or tall sunflower, is a species of Helianthus native to the eastern United States and eastern and central Canada, from Newfoundland west to Alberta south to Minnesota, Mississippi, and South Carolina.

  6. List of world records held by plants - Wikipedia

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    Rafflesia arnoldii, the world largest flower in Bengkulu - Indonesia. With a flower growing up to 1.5 m (5 ft) in diameter, 3–4 m (10–13 ft) in perimeter and 10–12 kg (22–26 lb) in weight, Rafflesia arnoldii is the world's current largest individual flower.

  7. List of largest inflorescences - Wikipedia

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    Spiciform panicle that usually reaches 4 to 5 meters (13 to 16 feet) in height, but has a maximum recorded height of 8 meters (26 feet). The total height of the plant when blooming may reach 15 meters (49 feet). The stem at the base of the inflorescence may be 60–90 cm (24–35 in) in height and a very thick 20–40 cm (7.9–15.7 in). [17]

  8. Helianthus maximiliani - Wikipedia

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    Helianthus maximiliani is a North American species of sunflower known by the common name Maximilian sunflower. [ 2 ] This sunflower is named for Prince Maximilian of Wied-Neuwied , who encountered it on his travels in North America.

  9. Helianthus pauciflorus - Wikipedia

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    Helianthus pauciflorus, called the stiff sunflower, is a North American plant species in the family Asteraceae. It is widespread across the Great Plains , the Rocky Mountains , and the Great Lakes region , and naturalized in scattered locations in the eastern United States and in much of southern Canada (from Alberta to Nova Scotia ).