Artichokes vs sunflowers
We planted a couple sunflower seeds in the spring, and have 2 huge sunflowers getting ready bloom. The structure of the flower reminds me so much of the structure of an artichoke, I was wondering if somehow they are related. Does anyone know?  |
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| My guess is no. only because they look nothing alike when grown but I might br wrong, I will try and research this.
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| I know SheepieBoss will be the one with the definite answer but apparently the Jerusalem artichoke and sunflowers share a bunch of the same characteristics. Read this, especially where it talks about similar species:
http://www.oardc.ohio-state.edu/weedgui ... asp?id=870 |
| Well, they are both in the Composite family.....daisy family if you wish. So the flowers have many similarities. However, the artichoke's growth is more basal and the leaves are huge and deeply incised, silvery. The plant is quite broad....4 feet or so. It is a striking landscape plant! In the landscape we call the plant Cardoon, in the garden we call it artichoke, LOL! Flowers are more thistle like.
Sunflowers grow more upright, single stalk almost always (my favortie, Maximilian sunflower is an exception), leves mostly entire, often large and serrate along the margins. Now the Jerusalem artichoke, which someone mentioned is a type of sunflower, Helianthus tubero.....something. Late at night my Latin stinks....tuberosus I think. Whereas sunflower is Helianthus annum. So kissin' cousins. There's another "artichoke" which is a Stachys....more closely related to Lamb's Ears in the garden. I don't know much about it. Those in east, and midwest, Rocky Mtns can grow good crops of Jerusalem artichokes......kinda like water chesnuts raw and a "weak" potato when baked and whipped. Not a plant for hot SW or wet areas. |
| WOW! 8O
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