Bright and bold, sunflowers are loved by bees, birds and just about everyone. The name of their genus, helianthus, comes from the Greek words for sun (helios) and flower (anthos). These annual plants are known for their large, daisy-like flowers and radiant charm. While sunflowers come in shades of red, orange and maroon, it"s the classic yellow blooms with brown centres that are the most common.
Sunflowers
Today in History
More Desktop Wallpapers:
-
Cowichan Valley on Vancouver Island, Canada
-
Taktsang Palphug Monastery, Bhutan
-
Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, USA
-
Luna moth
-
Amazon rainforest, Brazil
-
A delta in the Venetian Lagoon, Italy
-
Village of Zahara de la Sierra, Cadiz, Spain
-
Tigers in Uttarakhand, India
-
Floating fruit market, Kaptai Lake, Rangamati, Bangladesh
-
Old City of Dubrovnik in Dalmatia, Croatia
-
Sassnitz lighthouse, Germany
-
Fraser River near Mount Robson, British Columbia, Canada
-
Fremont petroglyphs, Dinosaur National Monument, Utah, USA
-
The Bahamas
-
Guanaco mother and baby
-
Zion National Park, Utah, United States
-
Splendid leaf frog
-
Fish River Canyon, Namibia
-
Lake Minnewanka, Alberta, Canada
-
Plum blossoms, China
-
Road to Hana, Maui, Hawaii, USA
-
Craters of the Moon National Monument, Idaho, USA
-
Cinque Torri, Dolomites, Italy
-
Turquoise waters of the Bahamas
-
Golden Bridge, Bà Nà Hills, Da Nang, Vietnam
-
Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah, USA
-
Pont St-Pierre across the Garonne River, Toulouse, France
-
Chausey Islands
-
Cheetah in Tanzania
-
Young blue shark