A tiny, woolly flower found hiding in Texas’s Big Bend National Park shows the intriguing strangeness of sunflowers ...

Sunflowers (Helianthus annuus) are superstars in the garden thanks to their massive flower heads. Unfortunately, many types of sunflowers only grow one large flower head on top of a tall thick ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Sunflowers (Helianthus annuus) aren't just beautiful in the garden, they can also make stunning and long lasting cut flowers. With the ...

It locates patches of host plants along roadsides, field margins, and disturbed rangeland. Patches of common sunflower, Helianthus annuus, are especially attractive to this grasshopper. In its favored ...

What are ways species exchange genes with each other? Hybridization and gene flow are shortcuts to biodiversity that don’t always involve differentiation.

In collaboration with our peers in EBIO, we are developing genomics-assisted breeding techniques that allow us to balance improvement in yield and nutritional aspects of the seed oil in sunflower ...