Sunflower

Helianthus

Family: Asteraceae

Sunflower Seeds with shells
Sunflower Seeds
Black Sunflower Seeds

Black sunflower seeds are used to make oil. They can be linoleic, mid-oleic and high oleic. Linoleic sunflower oil is polyunsaturated, mid-oleic sunflower oil has low saturated fat levels, and high oleic sunflower oil is mostly unsaturated and is trans-fat free

Sunflower Seeds


The Asteraceae Family

a family of flowering plants
AKA: the aster, daisy, composite, or sunflower family


Kingdom: Plantae   Clades: Tracheophytes, Angiosperms, Asterids   Order: Asterales