Common Sunflower

Mature Height: Up to around 9.0 feet

Planting Distance: 20 inches

Plant Type: Forb/herb

Root Depth: 8 inches

Growth Form: Single Crown

Growth Rate: Rapid

Flower Color: Yellow

Conspicuous Flowers: Yes

Bloom Time: Summer

Seasonal Growth: Summer

Evergreen: No

Fall Colors: Yes

Shade Tolerance: Intolerant

Clay Soil Tolerance: Yes

Sandy Soil Tolerance: Yes

Drought Tolerance: Medium

Flood Tolerance: Low

Fire Tolerance: None

Salt Tolerance: Medium

Pollinators: Native Bees; Bombus; Honey Bees; Beetles, Wasps, Flies; Moths; Butterflies; Monarchs; Nesting and Structure (Bees); Larval Host (Butterfly); Larval Host (Moth); Hummingbirds

Larval Species depending on Common Sunflower: Aethes straminoides, Agrotis ipsilon, Bucculatrix longula, Bucculatrix simulans, Charidryas gorgone, Charidryas nycteis, Chlosyne lacinia, Chlosyne lacinia adjutrix, Chlosyne lacinia crocale, Choristoneura rosaceana, Euxoa albipennis, Euxoa messoria, Euxoa ochrogaster, Feltia jaculifera, Grammia arge , Helicoverpa zea, Heliothis virescens, Homoeosoma electella, Homoeosoma electellum, Isophrictis similiella, Manduca muscosa, Manduca rustica rustica, Mythimna unipuncta, Ogdoconta cinereola, Ostrinia nubilalis, Pelochrista rorana, Pelochrista womonana, Peridroma saucia, Phtheochroa hospes, Phtheochroa lavana, Plagiomimicus spumosum, Pseudoplusia includens, Pyrrharctia isabella, Rachiplusia ou, Scrobipalpula artemisiella, Spilosoma virginica, Spodoptera eridania, Spodoptera exigua, Suleima baracana, Suleima daracana, Suleima helianthana, Synchlora frondaria, Synchlora frondaria frondaria