Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:904. 1753
Verified:
03/08/2010
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Common names
English
sunflower – French
grand soleil – tournesol – German
Sonnenblume – Italian
girasole – Japanese Rōmaji
himawari – Portuguese
girassol – Spanish
girasol – Swahili
alizeti – Swedish
solros – Transcribed Korean
haebaragi –
Distribution
| order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Illinois | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Iowa | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Kansas | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Minnesota | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Missouri | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Nebraska | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | North Dakota | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Oklahoma | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | South Dakota | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Wisconsin | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Connecticut | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Indiana | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Maine | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Massachusetts | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Michigan | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | New Hampshire | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | New Jersey | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | New York | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Ohio | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Pennsylvania | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Rhode Island | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Vermont | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | West Virginia | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Baja Norte | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Chihuahua | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Coahuila | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Durango | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Nuevo Leon | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Sonora | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Tamaulipas | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northwestern U.S.A. | United States | Colorado | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northwestern U.S.A. | United States | Idaho | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northwestern U.S.A. | United States | Montana | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northwestern U.S.A. | United States | Oregon | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northwestern U.S.A. | United States | Washington | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northwestern U.S.A. | United States | Wyoming | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | South-Central U.S.A. | United States | New Mexico | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | South-Central U.S.A. | United States | Texas | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Alabama | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Arkansas | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Delaware | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | District of Columbia | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Florida | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Georgia | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Kentucky | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Louisiana | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Maryland | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Mississippi | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | North Carolina | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | South Carolina | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Tennessee | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Virginia | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southwestern U.S.A. | United States | Arizona | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southwestern U.S.A. | United States | California | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southwestern U.S.A. | United States | Nevada | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southwestern U.S.A. | United States | Utah | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Western Canada | Canada | Alberta | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Western Canada | Canada | British Columbia | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Western Canada | Canada | Manitoba | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Western Canada | Canada | Saskatchewan | |
| 2 | Cultivated | | | | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | | | | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Eastern Canada | Canada | New Brunswick | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Eastern Canada | Canada | Nova Scotia | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Eastern Canada | Canada | Ontario | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Eastern Canada | Canada | Prince Edward Island | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Eastern Canada | Canada | Quebec | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Subarctic America | Canada | Northwest Territory | |
| 6 | Other | | | | | |
Native
Northern America
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NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.:
United States [Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Wisconsin]
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NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia]
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NORTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico [Baja Norte, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo Leon, Sonora, Tamaulipas]
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NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming]
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SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.:
United States [New Mexico, Texas]
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SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia]
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SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah]
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WESTERN CANADA:
Canada [Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan]
Cultivated
()
Naturalized
Northern America
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EASTERN CANADA:
Canada [New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec]
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SUBARCTIC AMERICA:
Canada [Northwest Territory]
Other
()
Economic Uses
| Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
| Animal food | fodder | | Rehm, S. & G. Espig. The cultivated plants of the tropics and subtropics. 1991 |
| Bee plants | honey production | | Ortega-Sada, J. L. Flora de interes apicola y polinizacion de cultivos. 1987 |
| Environmental | ornamental | | Encke, F. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage. 1993 |
| Fuels | potential as petroleum substitute/alcohol | | International Energy Agency. 2004. Biofuels for transport: an international perspective. (on-line resource). 1-216. |
| Human food | oil/fat | | PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource). |
| Human food | pseudocereal | | PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource). |
| Human food | seeds | | PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource). |
| Human food | starch | | PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource). |
| Materials | fiber | | PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource). |
| Materials | lipids | | PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource). |
| Medicines | folklore | | McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000 |
| Vertebrate poisons | mammals | | Cooper, M. R. & A. W. Johnson. Poisonous plants and fungi in Britain: animal and human poisoning. 1998 |
| Weed | potential seed contaminant | | Seed Regulatory and Testing Division, Agricultural Marketing Service, U.S.D.A. State noxious-weed seed requirements recognized in the administration of the Federal Seed Act (updated annually). |
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
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(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=27923.
Accessed 30 October 2024.