Black Eyed Susan Pictures
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Sunflower Pictures

These black eyed Susan pictures were taken in several different locations. The sunflower pictures were taken in my sisters garden in Virginia. Where did these yellow daisies get their name. Where can you find them? Are they good for food? Find out this and more as you explore these this article.

Black Eyed Susan Pictures

The black eyed Susan is also called a yellow daisy. It is a small wild flower with orange-yellow rays and purple-black, cone-shaped centers.. These flowers grow in dry fields and along roads from northern Mexico to southern Canada. There are lots of locations to get black eyed susan pictures.

One flower grows on each stem, and a plant may have many stems. The leaves are stiff and hairy, arranged alternately on the stem. These showy flowers bloom from May to October. They are hard to pick without pulling up the entire plant because the stems are tough, and may become a weed. For this reason, it is best to carry your cutters with you if you want to make an arrangement for your table. The you can get your own black eyed susan pictures to share with the world.

In 1918, Maryland adopted the black eyed Susan as it’s state flower. The plant can reach 1 m in height. The blossoms measure 10 cm in diameter, with yellow rays circling a brown, domed center.

You can view the larger black eyed Susan pictures by double clicking on each thumbnail. This will take you to a larger complementary view of each image. Feel free to download them and use them for sharing with friends and family. If you have a website and want to use them there all I ask is that you link back to us.

Folk Medicine

The roots of rudbeckia hirta have been used in a warm infusion to wash on sores and snake bites. They are also used to make medicinal drinks for treating colds and worms in children. And ooze from the roots have been used as drops for earaches.

Members of the Composite Family

Black Eyed Susan Pictures

The black eyed Susan is a flowering plant in the composite family. Composite family, pronounced kuhm PAHZ iht, is the common name for a large family of flowering plants. The scientific name for this family is Asteraceae or Compositae.

The family consists of more than 20,000 species of herbs and shrubs. These plants are found throughout the world and in most climates and habitats. The flowers consist of several to many florets arrange on a head.

Ageratums, aricas, sters, black-eyed Susans, blazing stars, bonesets, calendulas, chicories, chrysanthemums, compass plants, coneflowers, cosmos, dahlias, daisies, dandelions, fleabanes, gailardias, goldenrods, marigolds, sunflowers, thistles, tickseeds, zinnias are all members of the composite family. Many of these flowers can be found right on this site.

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In plants of the composite family, each flower head is a composite of many small flowers surrounded by a cuplike cluster of modified leaves called bracts. From a distance, the flower head resembles a single large flower. A daisy, for example, has an outer ring of long, white ray flowers that look like individual petals, and a yellow center of many tightly packed, tube-shaped disk flowers.A thistle head has only disk flowers, and all the flowers of a dandelion head are ray-like.

Even though the Black eyed Susan is considered a wild plant, many people grow them in their gardens. The last picture in this set of black eyed Susan pictures were taken in my sister's flower garden in Virginia.

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Important Food Source

Each head consists of a disk of small, tubular flowers surrounded by a fringe of large yellow petals. A sunflower head may measure more than 1 foot (30 centimeters) in diameter and produce up to 1,000 seeds. The head turns and faces toward the sun throughout the day. This is where the flower gets its name.

Sunflower as a Food Source

Sunflower Pictures

The sunflower pictures you see here were all taken in Virginia. This was the first year that my sister grew sunflowers. She said the seeds were delicious.

Sunflower seeds are rich in protein. They yield a high-quality vegetable oil used in making margarine and cooking oil. some varieties of sunflowers have large striped seeds, which are roasted for snack food or blended with other grains to make birdseed.

Special oilseed varieties produce small black seeds that contain up to 50 percent oil. Sunflower seed oil accounts for about one eighth of all vegetable oils produced throughout the world. sunflower seed oil is sometimes used as a replacement for diesel fuel.

Argentina and Russia lead the world in the production of sunflower seeds. In the United States, production increased rapidly during the mid-1970's as a result of improved varieties and in response to a growing demand for sunflower oil.

The chief sunflower-producing states are Kansas, Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota. Did you know that the sunflower is the state flower for Kansas?

History of the Sunflower

Sunflowers originated in North America and were introduced into Europe during the 1500's. Some species come up every year, but the most common ones must be grown annually from seeds.

Sunflowers are native to the Americas. They were domesticated around 1000 B.C. Franciso Pizarro that found the Inca tribes worshipped the sunflower as an image of their sun god. Early in the 16^th century gold images of the “flower” were taken back to Europe. They also took back seeds. The Greek word for “sunflower” is Helianthus.

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