The sunflower is not a sunflower, these are two completely different plants.Because the two plants are more light-loving, only in a well-lit environment will be vigorous growth, flowering on schedule, so the name is very similar.
1. Appearance: Sunflower has small flower disc and various colors.In addition to yellow, there are red, pink, orange and so on.The height of the plant is usually between 10 and 30 centimeters.However, the flower color of sunflower is only yellow when it blossoms, and the overall plant shape is much higher than that of the former.Usually between 150 and 300 cm.There are obvious differences in appearance and easy to distinguish.
2. Seeds: The seeds of sunflowers are very small. Some varieties even have no seeds, and the seeds are inedible.The seeds of sunflower are much larger and edible, and the red melon seeds we often eat in our life can also be refined into sunflower seed oil.It is easy to distinguish the seeds of the two when they are put together.
Sunflowers are not perennial, but annual herbs.It will slowly wither after the end of the flowering period every year.However, its reproduction is relatively simple, whether by sowing or cutting, the growth is relatively rapid, the survival rate is also high.After planting, it can continue to blossom and grow soon after maintenance.