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=Favorite or Interesting Plant=

General description of this plant:
Helianthus annuus is a large annual forb of the genus helianthus and it was first domesticated around the Americas. Sunflower brings a lot of beneficial to people's life. For instance, it can be used to sunflower oil for cook, sunflower's seek can be a snack for us to eat, some sunflower species is also used as bird food, as livestock forage, and in some industrial applications. Helianthus annuus is very large, this plant can reaching heights of 3 meters and the tallest sunflower on record achieved 9.17 meters. And the shape of Helianthus annuus is look like the sun, and sunflower leaves are broad, coarsely toothed, rough and mostly alternate.

Most interesting thing(s) about this plant:
There is a common misconception about this flower which is that a lot of people think that flowering sunflower always facing to the sun and tracking the sun across the sky, Actually, sunflowers are not always tracking the sun. To protect their seeds not get hurt because of the high temperature from the sun, sunflower will face east. So the sun will warm this flower in the morning and sunflower can avoid the high temperature and overexposure from the sun in noon.

A story about me and this plant:
T here are no general stories about the sunflowers and me. Nonetheless, the only special reflation between the sunflowers and me is that every time when I saw this flowers I always felt so happy and so grateful. Because the flowering sunflowers look like a small sun with a big smile face, and I love sunny days and sunshine flowers pops up on sunny days which always made my day.

Web site(s) that has good information about this plant:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helianthus_annuus