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Helianthus annuus
common sunflower
White Sands National Park
			Record Status: Approved
Occurrence:	Present
Nativeness:	Native
Abundance:	Unknown

Scientific Name with Authority:		Helianthus annuus L.
Park Preferred Common Name(s):		common sunflower
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:		NM: 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
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
Wind Cave National Park	Yellowstone National Park
Yosemite National Park	Yucca House National Monument


Last Modified Date:	5/31/2013

NPSpecies - The National Park Service biodiversity database. IRMA Portal version.https://irma.nps.gov/npspecies. Accessed 10/11/2025 4:39:41 PM

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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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