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Helianthus x multiflorus |
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Perennial Sunflower |
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Hybrid Origin |
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Large erect mass |
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3-5 feet tall by 3 feet wide |
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Bright yellow heads, 3-5 inches wide are borne
solitary at the terminal. Some cultivars are so
“double” that very few or no disk flowers
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Midsummer to fall |
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The leaf arrangement varies with position. The
lower leaves are often opposite while the upper
ones are alternate. Leaves ovate to ovate lanceolate, 3-8 inches long, serrate. The leaves are coarse textured above
and pubescent beneath. |
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'Capenoch Star' - Lemon yellow, 3-4 feet.
- 'Flore Pleno' - Double yellow flowers resemble dahlias,
3-5 feet
- 'Loddon Gold' - Deep yellow, double pompom flowers,
5 feet.
- 'Meteor' - Semidouble, gold-yellow flowers, 5 feet tall.
- 'Morning Sun' - Single yellow flowers with yellow-brown
centers, 5 feet tall.
- 'Soleil d' or' - Gold pompom flowers,
3-4 inches wide, on multibranched stems 4-5 feet tall.
- 'Triomphe
de Gand' - Clear yellow, semidouble flowers, 3-4 feet.
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H. x multiflorus is a hybrid cross
between H. annuus x H. decapetalus. |
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