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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 .
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.
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).
Helianthus anomalus also has large seeds and rapid root growth, which contribute to its ability to survive in its extreme environment. [3] It is believed that large seeds are adaptive to dune plants because the large seed size prevents burial by the sand. [4] Helianthus anomalus is an annual plant. It is classified as Vulnerable in its native ...
Helianthus salicifolius is a North American species of sunflower known by the common name willowleaf sunflower. [2] It is native to the central United States, primarily in the Great Plains and Ozark Plateau (states of Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas). There are a few reports of scattered populations in the Northeast and Midwest parts of ...
Helianthus strumosus, the pale-leaf woodland sunflower, [3] is a species of sunflower native to North America east of the Great Plains and is in the family Asteraceae. [4] It is a native perennial sunflower that resembles other members of this family including the Pale Sunflower (H. decapetalus), Woodland Sunflower (H. divaricatus), Hispid Sunflower (H. hirsutus), and Jerusalem Artichoke (H ...