Bright and bold, sunflowers are loved by bees, birds and just about everyone. The name of their genus, helianthus, comes from the Greek words for sun (helios) and flower (anthos). These annual plants are known for their large, daisy-like flowers and radiant charm. While sunflowers come in shades of red, orange and maroon, it"s the classic yellow blooms with brown centres that are the most common.
Blooming sunflowers
Today in History
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Leucistic Annas hummingbird, UCSC Arboretum, California, USA
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Life on the lake
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Cowes Week
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International Beaver Day
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Stockholm Public Library, Sweden
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Chilling out on an ice floe
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When landscape met wilderness
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Christmas in the cloister
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Happy Fathers Day!
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Maldives
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Pegadung Rock, Lampung, Sumatra, Indonesia
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Sociable climbers
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Celebrating Charles Darwin
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Art installation of umbrellas, Borough Market, London, England
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Val Brandet, Corteno Golgi, Brescia, Lombardy, Italy
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International Moon Day
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The buffet is open
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Amber waves of grain
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Grand National
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So close, yet so far
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Centuries of time in a Delicate Arch
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The Nutcracker performed by the Turkish State Opera and Ballet in Ankara
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Big Garden Birdwatch
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Ride the wave
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Great North Run
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Dunquin Pier, County Kerry, Ireland
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Sanctuary among the trees
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Creating a better world
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Lei Day
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A pink moon over Arizona
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