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Helianthus annuus
annual sunflower, common sunflower, sunflower, wild sunflower
Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site
			Record Status: Approved
Occurrence:	Present
Nativeness:	Native
Abundance:	Unknown

Scientific Name with Authority:		Helianthus annuus L.
Park Preferred Common Name(s):
Park Synonyms:

Taxonomic Hierarchy:		Kingdom Plantae, Phylum Tracheophyta, Subphylum Spermatophytina, Order Asterales, Family Asteraceae, Genus Helianthus, Species Helianthus annuus


Park Tags:
ParkTag -


Threatened/Endangered Status:
State Species of Concern Status:
Ozone-sensitive Status:
NatureServe Global Rank:		G5
NatureServe State Rank:		NC: SNA
Evidence:		1 Observations, 0 Vouchers, 0 Data Store References, 0 External Links


Other Parks Where Species is Listed:
Acadia National Park	Agate Fossil Beds National Monument
Amistad National Recreation Area	Aztec Ruins National Monument
Badlands National Park	Bandelier National Monument
Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site	Big Bend National Park
Big Cypress National Preserve	Big Thicket National Preserve
Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area	Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park
Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area	Buffalo National River
Canyon De Chelly National Monument	Cape Hatteras National Seashore
Capulin Volcano National Monument	Carlsbad Caverns National Park
Casa Grande Ruins National Monument	Chaco Culture National Historical Park
Channel Islands National Park	Chickasaw National Recreation Area
City Of Rocks National Reserve	Colorado National Monument
Coronado National Memorial	Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve
Curecanti National Recreation Area	Cuyahoga Valley National Park
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area	Devils Tower National Monument
El Malpais National Monument	El Morro National Monument
Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument	Fort Bowie National Historic Site
Fort Davis National Historic Site	Fort Laramie National Historic Site
Fort Larned National Historic Site	Fort Union National Monument
Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site	Fossil Butte National Monument
Gateway National Recreation Area	Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument
Glacier National Park	Glen Canyon National Recreation Area
Grand Canyon National Park	Grand Teton National Park
Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site	Great Basin National Park
Gulf Islands National Seashore	Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument
Harpers Ferry National Historical Park	Herbert Hoover National Historic Site
Homestead National Historical Park	Indiana Dunes National Park
Jewel Cave National Monument	John Day Fossil Beds National Monument
John Muir National Historic Site	Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site
Lake Mead National Recreation Area	Lake Meredith National Recreation Area
Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area	Lava Beds National Monument
Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument	Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park
Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park	Mesa Verde National Park
Minute Man National Historical Park	Missouri National Recreational River
Mojave National Preserve	Montezuma Castle National Monument
Mount Rushmore National Memorial	Natchez Trace Parkway
New River Gorge National Park and Preserve	Nez Perce National Historical Park
Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park	Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument
Oxon Cove Park and Oxon Hill Run	Padre Island National Seashore
Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park	Parashant National Monument
Pecos National Historical Park	Petersburg National Battlefield
Petrified Forest National Park	Pipestone National Monument
Rocky Mountain National Park	Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
Saguaro National Park	Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway
San Antonio Missions National Historical Park	Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site
Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area	Scotts Bluff National Monument
Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks	Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve
Theodore Roosevelt National Park	Tonto National Monument
Tumacacori National Historical Park	Tuzigoot National Monument
Washita Battlefield National Historic Site	White Sands National Park
Wind Cave National Park	Yellowstone National Park
Yosemite National Park	Yucca House National Monument


Last Modified Date:	11/20/2023

NPSpecies - The National Park Service biodiversity database. IRMA Portal version.https://irma.nps.gov/npspecies. Accessed 10/11/2025 3:00:27 PM

NatureServe Global Rank and State Rank

NatureServe. 2017. NatureServe Web Service. Arlington, VA. U.S.A. Available http://services.natureserve.org. Accessed: 12/4/2017. Updated quarterly.

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