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n. - Any plant of a particular genus having large flower heads with dark disk florets and showy yellow rays.

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  • She did not know that a helianthus was a sunflower till her mother told her, and she had never seen the dear, blue, bell-shaped flowers that always grow in old-fashioned...
  • She did not know that a helianthus was a sunflower until her mother told her so, and she had never seen the dear, blue, bell-shaped flowers that always grow in...
  • Peonies come up year after year, iris takes care of itself, helianthus or perennial sunflower bobs up each year.
  • Powis Castle artemesia, feverfew, Regina heuchera and helianthus maximillian, not sure about the spelling on that one, and of course the wonderful plaque.
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