2007-02-01 07:27:11 · 5 answers · asked by STORMY K 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Botany
Well, I suppose one thing is, when the sun is out, it moves and faces towards the sun.
2007-02-01 08:48:53 · answer #1 · answered by Saby 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The sunflower, along with the other plants in the sunflower family, has a 'capitulum' or head with numerous florets (or small flowers) that make up the disk (or face) and the rays of the 'flower'. There can be hundreds or thousands of these florets per head, each floret giving rise to one sunflower seed.
This arrangement in the sunflower family is unique in flowering plants - most of the time when you look at a single flower, it's just ONE flower. But for sunflowers you could be looking at thousands of flowers all in just one sunflower head.
2007-02-01 16:34:00 · answer #2 · answered by plantgirl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Two things...
- the size of the face in relation to the petals. The sunflower's face is much larger than the petals while the opposite is true in most other flowers.
- sunflowers are heliotropic - they turn to follow the sun.
2007-02-01 15:37:51 · answer #3 · answered by digitsis 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The bloom turns to face the sun.
2007-02-01 15:34:12 · answer #4 · answered by suzieq_64093 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
most large plants have flowers that are small proportionately, while the sunflower has larger flowers
2007-02-01 15:33:46 · answer #5 · answered by bio rocks! 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋