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	Tall Sunflower (Helianthus giganteus)
Image ID: 2018/ar136
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				Other common names: Giant Sunflower
            Native
                    
            Family: 
                Asteraceae (Sunflower)
			Height: 3 to 12 ft.
			
			
			
			Blooms: July to
				October
			
			Leaf Type:
			toothed
			
			Bloom Size:  2.5 in. (typical)
			Flower Description:
			
				Individual flowers,
				
				Regular blooms, 10 or more parts
				
			Location: Allegheny River Trail
			Date:  7/17/2018
			
			Notes:
			
				Reddish stem.
			
			
			
		
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				We started out as wildflowers from the bicycle trails of western Pennsylvania, but we've
		grown!
Meyer, Joseph E. (1918). The Herbalist and Herb Doctor. Hammond, Ind.: Indiana Herb Gardens. 400 pp.