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Helianthus spp. are a nectar producing flowering plant that attract pollinators and parasitoids which reduce the pest populations in nearby crop vegetation. Sunflowers attract different beneficial pollinators (e.g., honey bees) and other known insect prey to feed on and control the population of parasitic pests that could be harmful to the ...
The common sunflower (Helianthus annuus) is a species of large annual forb of the daisy family Asteraceae. The common sunflower is harvested for its edible oily seeds , which are often eaten as a snack food .
The family includes over 32,000 currently accepted species, in over 1,900 genera in 13 subfamilies. [4] [needs update] The number of species in the family Asteraceae is rivaled only by Orchidaceae. [22] [30] Which is the larger family is unclear, because of the uncertainty about how many extant species each family includes.
Perennial sunflower is a crop of sunflowers that are developed by crossing wild perennial and domestic annual sunflower species.. Annual sunflower is a major oilseed crop. Genes from wild perennial relatives may increase root depth and mass and extend the growing season.
With some 190 genera and nearly 2500 recognized species, only the tribes Senecioneae and Astereae are larger. The name is derived from the genus Helianthus, which is Greek for sun flower. Most genera and species are found in North America (particularly in Mexico) and South America. A few genera are pantropical.
There are eight different species that cause yield loss of sunflowers; however, Alternaria helianthi is the primary causal agent and most widespread. [5] The main hosts are sunflowers (Helianthus annuus); however, it has been proven that safflower (Carthamus tinctorius), noogoora burr (Xanthium pungens), cocklebur (Xanthium strumarium), and Bathurst burr (Xanthium spinosum) can serve as ...
Helianthus debilis is a species of sunflower known by the common names cucumberleaf sunflower, beach sunflower, weak sunflower, [2] and East Coast dune sunflower. [3] It is native to the United States, where it can be found along the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts . [ 4 ]
Helianthus devernii is a North American species of flowering plant in the daisy family Asteraceae, known by the common name Red Rock sunflower.The perennial herbaceous plant is endemic to a portion of Nevada's Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area measuring less than 1 acre (4,000 m 2), where it grows in just two desert spring locations within the Mojave Desert.