Emilia Vaughn, a senior at San Diego’s Canyon Crest Academy, did not know that the sunflower is Ukraine’s national flower when she wrote her song, called “Sunflower,” at age 14.

But the flower has an even longer history in the country. Sunflowers— soniashnyk in Ukrainian—have been grown in Ukraine since the mid-18th century, according to a 1993 Encyclopedia of Ukraine.

Sunflowers have long been a beloved symbol of Ukrainian national identity. Now, as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine stretches into its second month, the flower—soniashnyk in Ukrainian—has taken ...

But as Ukraine’s national flower, the sunflower has turned into a symbol of resistance amongst Ukrainians and their allies amid Russia’s full-scale military invasion.

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