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Sunflower has how many petals or its multiples?


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Sunflowers:

  1. Sunflowers belong to the Helianthus genus, which has a large number of different species.
  2. The number of petals of a sunflower plant is determined on its size.
  3. A sunflower has between 34 and 89 petals.
  4. Smaller ones have 34 petals, while bigger ones have 55 and 89.
  5. The Fibonacci sequence has something to do with the number of petals, in case you were wondering.
  6. The common sunflower, Helianthus annuus, is a crop grown for the oil it produces.
  7. Sunflowers can be trimerous, tetramerous, or pentamerous, depending on the number of floral appendages present (3, 4, or 5).
  8. Sunflowers are tall annual or perennial plants that may reach heights of 300 cm (120 inches) or more in some varieties.
  9. Sunflowers are pentamerous flowers, meaning they have five or more petals.

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