Smallest Sunflower?

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Does anyone know what the smallest single plant size is for the sunflower plant helianthus annuus? This is one i grew this year, and i cant find one smaller anywhere online. World record?? Lol would be cool to find out.
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I wish they had a sunflower competition here this year. So much fun looking at people's hard work and see the child in them.

Quite hilarious!
 
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, o[ATTACH=full]41052[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]41053[/ATTACH]@Becky Yeah im not sure either, as I cant find anything online really other then records for tallest and biggest bloom. I did find a breed that is supposed to be the smallest breed of sunflower cald "Elf" but even those get 16 inches tall or more. So, not sure how to continue on with this investigation, but I will deff keep trying. The little one is now producing it's seeds and ill be growing more of them next year. After I get a hardy supply ill send seeds to anyone who is interested. :)
 

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Does anyone know what the smallest single plant size is for the sunflower plant helianthus annuus? This is one i grew this year, and i cant find one smaller anywhere online. World record?? Lol would be cool to find out.View attachment 40999 View attachment 40998 View attachment 40997
world record smallest Sunflower (according to Guinness) A fully mature sunflower measuring just 56 mm (2 1/5 in) was grown by Michael Lenke of Lake Oswego, Oregon, USA, in 1985 using a patented bonsai technique. (This year I have one 4.5 inches)
 
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Does anyone know what the smallest single plant size is for the sunflower plant helianthus annuus? This is one i grew this year, and i cant find one smaller anywhere online. World record?? Lol would be cool to find out.
I think it's safe to say, mine was just a little smaller than that one. Still trying to find out how Guinness measures, just the bloom or from ground up. (this one was even smaller than the 4.5" one)
 

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A safflower (Carthamus tinctorius) is quite different than a Sunflower (Helianthus annuus), even a very small one.
The two can be readily distinguished because Carthamnus, in the Thistle tribe (Cynareae), has capitula (flower heads) that are ligulate, like a thistle, while Helianthus will have the classic radiate capitula we associate with daisies and sunflowers.
 
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If you are familiar with what a sunflower and safflower look like, then you don't have to take anyone's word for it.
 

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