Asteraceae
Common sunflower
Helianthus annuus
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Helianthus
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Common names
By language (52)
- aeb
- عبّادة
- Arabic
- عباد الشمس
- Asturian
- Mirasol, Xirasol
- Bangla
- সূর্যমুখী
- Belarusian
- Кацелкі, Падсолнух, Падсонушкі, Саны, Сланечнік, Сланешнік, Сон, Сонашнік
- Bulgarian
- Обикновен слънчоглед
- Burmese
- နေကြာ
- Catalan
- Gira-sol
- Chinese
- 丈菊, 向日葵, 向日葵丈菊, 向日葵叶, 向日葵子, 向日葵根, 向日葵花, 向日葵花盘
- cv
- Хĕвелçаврăнăш
- Czech
- Slunečnice roční
- Danish
- Solsikke
- Dutch
- Zonnebloem
- English
- Common sunflower, Sunflower
- Esperanto
- Sunfloro
- Finnish
- Isoauringonkukka
- French
- Grand soleil
- Hebrew
- חמנית מצויה
- Hindi
- सूरजमुखी
- ie
- Sunflore
- Irish
- Lusanna gréine
- Italian
- Girasoli
- Japanese
- ヒマワリ, ひまわり, サンフラワーシード, ソレイユ, ニチリンソウ, ヒグルマ, ヒマワリソウ, 向日葵
- Javanese
- Kembang srengéngé
- Korean
- 해바라기
- Latvian
- Saulespuķe, Vasaras saulgrieze
- Malagasy
- Dokotera hely
- Malay
- Bunga matahari, Kanigara, Kembang matahari
- Nepali
- सूर्यमुखी फूल
- Occitan
- Mira-sorelh, Vira-só, Virasoleu
- Polish
- Słonecznik zwyczajny
- Portuguese
- Girassol
- Romanian
- Floarea-soarelui comună, Floarea soarelui, Floarea-soarelui
- Russian
- Подсолнечник однолетний, Подсолнечник масличный, Подсолнух
- se
- Beaiveruvsu
- shn
- တူၼ်ႈမွၵ်ႇပၢၼ်းၸိူၼ်း, တူၼ်ႈမွၵ်ႇဝၢႆႇဝၼ်း, တူၼ်ႈမွၵ်ႇဝၼ်းဝၢႆႇ, မွၵ်ႇဝၢႆႇဝၼ်း
- Slovenian
- Navadna sončnica
- sms
- Peiʹvvrääʹss
- Spanish
- Mirasol
- Sundanese
- Kembang matahari
- Swahili
- Alizeti
- Tamil
- சூரியகாந்தி
- Telugu
- ప్రొద్దు తిరుగుడు
- Thai
- ทานตะวัน
- Turkish
- Ayçiçeği, Günebakan
- Ukrainian
- Соняшник однорічний, Сонях, Соняхи
- Urdu
- سورج مکھی
- Uyghur
- ئاپتاپپەرەس
- vec
- Mirasołe, Zirasołe
- Vietnamese
- Hướng dương, Hoa mặt trời, Hoa quỳ
- Welsh
- Blodyn yr haul
- wuu
- 向阳花, 太阳花
Synonyms
- Helianthus annuus f. annuus
- Helianthus annuus f. lenticularis (Douglas ex Lindl.) B.Boivin
- Helianthus annuus subsp. annuus
- Helianthus annuus subsp. jaegeri (Heiser) Heiser
- Helianthus annuus subsp. texanus Heiser
- Helianthus annuus var. annuus
- Helianthus annuus var. aridus Cockerell
- Helianthus annuus var. coronatus Cockerell
- Helianthus annuus var. inornatus Cockerell
- Helianthus annuus var. lenticularis (Douglas ex Lindl.) Steyerm.
- Helianthus annuus var. lenticularis (Douglas ex Lindl.) Cockerell
- Helianthus annuus var. macrocarpus (DC.) Cockerell
- Helianthus annuus var. texanus (Heiser) Shinners
- Helianthus annuus var. vinosissimus Cockerell
- Helianthus aridus Rydb.
- Helianthus aridus var. aridus
- Helianthus erythrocarpus Bartl.
- Helianthus indicus L.
- Helianthus jaegeri Heiser
- Helianthus macrocarpus DC.
- Helianthus macrocarpus DC. & A.DC.
- Helianthus multiflorus Hook.
- Helianthus ovatus Lehm.
- Helianthus platycephalus Cass.
- Helianthus tubaeformis Nutt.
Flowers
- In flower
- April to October (from 4,487 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: introduced, Canada: introduced, Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: introduced, St. Pierre and Miquelon: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Michelle W. （鍾偉瑋）, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Michelle W. （鍾偉瑋）, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jay Pruett, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Michelle W. （鍾偉瑋）, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Carlos Mujica E., CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: benvancitters, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Дарья Орлова, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Chérif-Jacques Allali, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Chris Colston, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: colleenrspb, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: MIRA Markusic, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: lanechaffin, CC0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.