Think you know everything there is to know about sunflowers?
Here are five more fascinating facts about these colorful buds.
Asfar back as 3000 BC, Native Americans grew sunflowers for medicine, oil, and food.
Credit: Bill Stites
By the 19th century, Russia alone was planting two million acres of sunflowers every year.
The shelled seeds can also make a tasty additionto breadand other baked goods and can even besprinkled over salads.
However, they’re not just tastythey’re highly nutritious too.
Each petal on the head of a sunflower is what botanists call a ray floret.
