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What is the center of a sunflower called?


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Centre of a sunflower:

  1. The flower head of a sunflower has a large number of florets.
  2. Ray florets are sterile florets on the outside, and disc florets are flowers in the middle that contain male and female reproductive organs and mature into fruit and seed.
  3. The florets in the centre of the head are known as disc florets.
  4. These turn into fruit (sunflower "seeds").
  5. The disc florets are grouped in a spiral pattern.

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