General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Annual
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
Plant Height: 24 inches
Plant Spread: 12-15 inches
Leaves: Variegated
Broadleaf
Fruit: Edible to birds
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Yellow
Bloom Size: 6"-12"
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Late summer or early fall
Uses: Dye production
Cut Flower
Edible Parts: Seeds or Nuts
Fruit
Dynamic Accumulator: Ca (Calcium)
Mn (Manganese)
Zn (Zinc)
Cu (Copper)
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Birds
Butterflies
Resistances: Drought tolerant
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Sow in situ
Pollinators: Self
Wasps
Moths and Butterflies
Flies
Bumblebees
Bees
Wind
Various insects

Image
Common names
  • Sunflower
  • Dwarf Sunflower
  • Common Sunflower
Also sold as:
  • Dwarf Sunspot

Photo Gallery
Location: South Australia
Date: 2013-04-10
Location: Tampa Bay, Florida 
Date: 2020-11-16
Helianthus annuus 'Lemon Queen'

Date: 2015-08-04
Uploaded by KarenHolt
Location: Fairfax, VA | May, 2023
Date: 2023-05-15
homemade bouquet

Courtesy Sustainable Seed Company
  • Uploaded by vic

Date: 2015-08-04

Date: 2015-08-04
non variegated leaves on this one

Courtesy Outsidepride
  • Uploaded by Joy

Date: 2015-08-04
Location: Maryland
Date: 2015-07-28
Location: Maryland
Date: 2015-08-26

 Photo Courtesy of Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds. Used with permissi
  • Uploaded by Joy

Photo Courtesy of Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds. Used with permissio
  • Uploaded by Joy

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