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As a native plant of North American no other plant has such global significance as the sunflower. From its beginning as a prairie weed, the sunflower is now one of the world’s leading oil seed crops, second only to soybeans. Early American natives used the sunflower long before corn and beans were brought to America. They ate the seeds, ground the small kernels into flour, extracted oil from seeds for their hair, and used the seeds, flower petals, and pollen to make dyes for face paint, cloths and baskets. Medicinal uses included everything from wart removal to snake bite treatment to sunstroke treatment. In Peru, the Aztecs worshiped sunflowers, they placed sunflower images made of gold in their temples and crowned princesses in the bright yellow flowers. http://sunflowerbusinessventures.com/history-of-the-sunflowe
“What god does a sunflower believe in? That’s the god I believe in.”
― Marty Rubin
Until next time, have a day.
peace.
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