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3 unusual facts about Sunflower


Alexander Montgomerie

The range of his work is extensive, from elegant court songs including Lyk as the dum Solsequium and Melancholie, grit deput of Dispair to the bitter, sometimes contorted word-play of the sonnets associated with the dispute over his pension, from witty pieces addressed to the king to the profound religious sensibility of A godly prayer and the extraordinary Come, my childrene dere.

Hamtaro: Ham-Ham Heartbreak

Sunflowers, grass, acorns and human toys all are larger than they would've been from a human perspective.

Sivalarpatti

Red chillies, Sunflower seeds are some of the important cultivated crops in this village and its surrounding areas.


2008 in Argentina

12 March: The agricultural sector starts a 20-day lock-out in protest at the increase in export taxes on soybeans and sunflower.

Balsamorhiza sagittata

Under the name Okanagan Sunflower, it is the official flower emblem of the city of Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada.

Bhoom

The primary occupation is farming, with the principle crops being millet, wheat, gram (chickpeas), sunflower seeds, and groundnuts (peanuts).

Black Diamond Mines Regional Preserve

The Preserve usually has an impressive variety of wildflowers in spring including the rare Mount Diablo fairy lantern (Calochortus pulchellus), Mount Diablo sunflower (Helianthella castanea), and Brewer's dwarf flax (Hesperolinon breweri).

Chlosyne whitneyi

The larvae feed on various species in the sunflower family including Erigeron and Solidago species.

Chris Todd

In September 2012, Todd sang as part of the 'Big C choir' at the Royal Albert Hall in the 2012 Sunflower Jam concert in aid of charities supporting cancer.

David Sunflower Seeds

As the “Official Sunflower Seed of the Babe Ruth League,” DAVID provides free scorebooks and safety tips to each team in the league, awards to All-Star players, and DAVID Sunflower Seeds to be sold at concession stands.

Fivemiletown Creamery

In 1992, Anne introduced fresh soft cheese, handrolled into small balls and marinated in sunflower oil, through the Superquinn chain.

H. petiolaris

Helianthus petiolaris, the prairie sunflower, a plant species in the genus Helianthus

Helena Houdová

In 2009 Houdová and her newborn son, alongside Pavlína Pořízková and Miloš Forman, appeared in a highly medialised Louis Vuitton-campaign photographed by Lucie Robinson for the benefit of her Sunflower Children charity foundation.

Helianthus maximiliani

This sunflower is named for Prince Maximilian of Wied-Neuwied, who encountered it on his travels in North America.

Helianthus nuttallii

Helianthus nuttallii (Nuttall's Sunflower) is a species of sunflower native to northern and western North America, from Newfoundland west to British Columbia, south to New Mexico and California.

House Finch

They are frequent visitors to bird feeders throughout the year, particularly if stocked with sunflower or nyjer seed, and will congregate at hanging nyjer sock feeders.

Kim Han-min

After graduating from Dongguk University's Graduate School of Film Arts, Kim Han-min gained accolades for two of his short films - Sunflower Blues which screened at the Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival as well as the New York Independent Film Festival; and Three Hungry Brothers which received awards at the Mise-en-scene Genre Film Festival, the Asiana International Short Film Festival, and the Seoul Digital Film Festival.

Louis René Vialy

The first shows Diana surprising the sleeping shepherd Endymion; the second shows Clytie's metamorphoses into a sunflower; the third shows Vulcan and Venus in the Forges of Lemnos, with the Cyclopes forging Achilles' weapons; canvas of 20.

National Dance Company of Korea

From October 2006 to April 2007 Soul, Sunflower, the dance production of National Dance Company and the German Musical group Saltacello (Peter Schindler) has been several sold-out appearances in Seoul.

Palafox

Palafoxia, a genus of flowering plants from the sunflower family

Pickled herring

Pickled herring, especially brined herring, is common in Russia and Ukraine, where it is served cut into pieces and seasoned with sunflower oil and onions, or can be part of herring salads, such as dressed herring, which are usually prepared with vegetables and seasoned with mayonnaise dressing.

Pyrrocoma uniflora

This woolly sunflower-like plant is found in the meadows and the unique pebble plain habitat near Big Bear.

Red Grooms: Sunflower in a Hothouse

Red Grooms: Sunflower in a Hothouse is a 1986 short film biography of the Nashville-born artist Red Grooms.

Richard C. Jack

Ice Pick, Tandem, Panico Productions (studio owned by Julian Doyle - Director of Photography for Brazil, Holy Grail, and other Gilliam-related projects), Blue Sunflower Studios, Uli Meyer Animation, Passion Pictures

Sunbutter

Beginning in 2000, in cooperation with the Agricultural Research Service of the United States Department of Agriculture, SunGold Foods’ parent company, Red River Commodities, began a two-year project to develop a substitute for peanut butter that would be made from sunflower seeds.

Sunflower Ranger Station

The Sunflower Ranger Station, also known as Sunflower Administrative Site and as Sycamore Ranger Station, in Coronado National Forest near Punkin Center, Arizona was built in 1935 by the Civilian Conservation Corps.

The Sunflower Jam

The Sunflower Jam is a British charity registered in England and Wales (1138401), founded by Jacky Paice, wife of Deep Purple drummer, Ian Paice.


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