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Helianthus annuus L.
Annual sunflower, Common sunflower

Copyright by: Shirley Denton

Family: Asteraceae

Group: Dicot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Herb

Perennation: Annual

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Not Native, Naturalized

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Cultivated

Comments: For more images, click on the Atlas of Vascular Plants link below. See a 2019 post on the Treasure Coast Natives blog on why sunflowers bend.

Other data on Helianthus annuus available from :

	Occurrence	Native Status
Helianthus annuus has been found in the following 11 conservation areas :
Big Cypress National Preserve	Present	Not Native, Naturalized
Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park	Possibly Extirpated	Not Native, Naturalized
Bill Sadowski Park	Present	Not Native, Naturalized
Deering Estate at Cutler	Present	Not Native, Naturalized
Eachus Pineland	Present	Not Native, Naturalized
Hugh Taylor Birch State Park	Present	Not Native, Naturalized
John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park	Possibly Extirpated	Not Native, Naturalized
Pine Shore Preserve	Present	Not Native, Naturalized
Porter-Russell Pineland	Present	Not Native, Naturalized
Rockdale Pineland	Present	Not Native, Naturalized
Tree Island Park	Present	Not Native, Naturalized

	Occurrence	Native Status
Helianthus annuus has been found in the following 5 counties :
Broward County		Not Native, Naturalized
Collier County		Not Native, Naturalized
Lee County		Not Native, Naturalized
Miami-Dade County		Not Native, Naturalized
Monroe County (Keys)		Not Native, Naturalized