the common SUNFLOWER
"Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow.
It is what sunflowers do" -Helen Keller
Helianthus annuus
From the Greek helios, meaning “sun” and anthos, meaning “flower,” annus was from Linnaeus, it was the only sunflower known to him that lived for a single season, hence it was called annus for “annual”
Often known as commmon sunflower or garden sunflower.