Sunflowers are really so beautiful! They are wonderful flowers! I love to photograph them. I thought this was an especially nice specimen.

According to National Sunflower Association: "The story of sunflower (Helianthus Annuus ) is indeed amazing. The wild sunflower is native to North America but commercialization of the plant took place in Russia. It was only recently that the sunflower plant returned to North America to become a cultivated crop. But it was the American Indian who first domesticated the plant into a single headed plant with a variety of seed colors including black, white, red, and black/white striped." - https://www.sunflowernsa.com/all-about/history/