Wednesday, September 22, 2010

gigantious




Just when I thought sunflower season was over, I found the mother-of-all-sunflowers growing in a neighbors yard near my home. Wow!

Sunflowers are native to North America but there are at least 67 species and several subspecies, all in the genus Helianthus. This one I'll simply call Helianthus gigantious—my own name for it, not a real one—it dwarfed the smaller variety growing nearby.

Vincent van Gogh would have loved to paint this one, but he would have needed a big canvas.

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