There's a rumor that claims they look towards the sky most of the time, that sounds pretty interesting. Also, they look nice and they're pretty tall flowers.
There's a rumor that claims they look towards the sky most of the time, that sounds pretty interesting. Also, they look nice and they're pretty tall flowers.
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Traegs@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
Young sunflowers follow the sun from east to west through the day. It's called heliotropism and can improve photosynthesis by 10%.
Once they get older they stop moving, but they always settle on facing east to better absorb heat from the morning sun.
The large flower head is a pseudanthium or false flower. In truth, sunflowers are an inflorescence, a compact collection of many smaller flowers. These are recognizable as the fuzzy center. Each of these tiny flowers become individual sunflower seeds.
Tag365@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
What? The real sunflower head is the "seeds" inside the core of the head? Also the "seeds" are actually tiny flowers that transform into the sunflower seeds? I don't think I knew that before.