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Taxon

Helianthus annuus L.

Protologue Sp. Pl. 2: 904. 1753 [1 May 1753]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Least Concern
Helianthus annuus--TX. Johnson Wildflower Center. 14 Jun 04. 006.jpg

Helianthus annuus--TX. Johnson Wildflower Center. 14 Jun 04. 006.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Helianthus annuus--TX. Johnson Wildflower Center. 14 Jun 04. 005.jpg

Helianthus annuus--TX. Johnson Wildflower Center. 14 Jun 04. 005.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Helianthus annuus--TX. Johnson Wildflower Center. 14 Jun 04. 002.jpg

Helianthus annuus--TX. Johnson Wildflower Center. 14 Jun 04. 002.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Helianthus annuus--TX. Johnson Wildflower Center. 14 Jun 04. 008.jpg

Helianthus annuus--TX. Johnson Wildflower Center. 14 Jun 04. 008.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Helianthus annuus--TX. Johnson Wildflower Center. 14 Jun 04. 003.jpg

Helianthus annuus--TX. Johnson Wildflower Center. 14 Jun 04. 003.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Helianthus annuus--TX. Johnson Wildflower Center. 14 Jun 04. 001.jpg

Helianthus annuus--TX. Johnson Wildflower Center. 14 Jun 04. 001.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Helianthus annuus--TX. Johnson Wildflower Center. 14 Jun 04. 004.jpg

Helianthus annuus--TX. Johnson Wildflower Center. 14 Jun 04. 004.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Helianthus annuus--TX. Johnson Wildflower Center. 14 Jun 04. 007.jpg

Helianthus annuus--TX. Johnson Wildflower Center. 14 Jun 04. 007.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to Arizona, California, Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest, Nevada; introduced into 178 botanical countries across Europe, Africa, Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, Australasia, Northern America, and Southern America (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Showing the global range from POWO; no georeferenced specimens for this taxon.

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

Davidson C., Christoph S.R. s.n.

June 14, 2004

Location

United States, Texas (Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center)

Location Remarks

4801 La Crosse Ave., Austin Texas

Collectors

Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Asterales

Family

Asteraceae

Genus

Helianthus

Specific Epithet

annuus

Authorship

L.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 0.7

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.0

Global rank

#309,561 of 335,497

Top 93%

Extinction probability

5%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →