THE SUN SEEKER
The sunflower, in common with all daisy-type flowers, is not one single flower. It is made up of many small flowers known as disc florets, which are packed into a large flat head. There are some 4000 individual flowers in each sunflower head.
The fringe of petals around the edge of most daisies — and very obvious in a sunflower — forms a secondary type of flower known as a ray floret.
The formation of the flower head becomes more obvious as the seeds form. Each seed represents one flower within the flower head.
