You may not think that there is much to know about the sunflower. After all, the plant is virtually everywhere. Yet it has a something more than a simple, straightforward history and is more of a globe trotter than you may imagine. Its story has the historical and continental sweep of a Hollywood epic, from the pre-European Americas to Tsarist Russia and back again.
Native to Central America the sunflower has collected more air miles than Rick Steeves and undergone a few changes in the course of its travels. This post at
Kuriositas tells the story of the plant and the photos are awesome!
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