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Helianthus annuus
annual sunflower, common sunflower, sunflower, wild sunflower
Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument
			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:		AZ: SNR
Evidence:		0 Observations, 0 Vouchers, 2 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	Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site
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
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:	6/4/2007

NPSpecies - The National Park Service biodiversity database. IRMA Portal version.https://irma.nps.gov/npspecies. Accessed 10/11/2025 6:02:24 AM

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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