Thread: funny sunflower

Certainly not normal but has been known to happen, I once saw one that had something like 50 flowers on it

ahhh horse puckies

Weisyboy,
Can you post a pic of the leaves? It looks as though it may be Japanese Sunflower Tithonia Diversifolia (which originally comes from Mexico!) which is a noxious weed up here in FNQ.
Regards
Billy

I remember hearing that horses, unlike cows and chooks, don't digest seeds well. The truth of this was demonstrated a few years ago when my wife put some horse manure on our garden. Ever since I've been pulling up an amazing variety of weeds, things I've never seen before that look like they've come from other planets.
You'll be lucky if all you get is a sunflower.
Gaz.

Hi Weisy, It looks like a garden type sunflower to me - many of the garden cultivars are bred to have multiple flowers simultaneously - whereas the oil production type usually have one giant head at the top of the stem (for easier harvesting).