2018 Flickr Friday Sunflower Round Shapes
Flickr Friday: Round Shapes
Sunflower (Helianthus annuus) is an annual plant that possesses a large inflorescence (flowering head).
The sunflower got its name from its huge fiery blooms, whose shape and image is often used to depict the sun. The sunflower has a rough, hairy stem, broad, coarsely toothed, rough leaves and circular heads of flowers.
The heads consist of 1,000-2,000 individual flowers joined together by a receptacle base.
With sunflower, what is usually called the flower is actually a flower head (also known as a composite flower) of numerous florets, (small flowers) crowded together. The outer petal-bearing florets are the sterile ray florets and can be yellow, red, orange, or other colors. The florets inside the circular head are called disc florets, which mature into seeds.
The florets within the sunflower's cluster are arranged in a spiral pattern.
Wikipedia
2018 Flickr Friday Sunflower Round Shapes
Flickr Friday: Round Shapes
Sunflower (Helianthus annuus) is an annual plant that possesses a large inflorescence (flowering head).
The sunflower got its name from its huge fiery blooms, whose shape and image is often used to depict the sun. The sunflower has a rough, hairy stem, broad, coarsely toothed, rough leaves and circular heads of flowers.
The heads consist of 1,000-2,000 individual flowers joined together by a receptacle base.
With sunflower, what is usually called the flower is actually a flower head (also known as a composite flower) of numerous florets, (small flowers) crowded together. The outer petal-bearing florets are the sterile ray florets and can be yellow, red, orange, or other colors. The florets inside the circular head are called disc florets, which mature into seeds.
The florets within the sunflower's cluster are arranged in a spiral pattern.
Wikipedia