General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Annual
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
Fruit: Edible to birds
Flowers: Showy
Uses: Dye production
Edible Parts: Fruit
Dynamic Accumulator: Ca (Calcium)
Mn (Manganese)
Zn (Zinc)
Cu (Copper)
Resistances: Drought tolerant
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Sow in situ
Pollinators: Flies
Bees

Victory Seed Company sells seeds of 'Black Oil'.

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Common names
  • Sunflower

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Location: New Brunswick, Canada
Date: 2017-08-26
A young bloom from seeds the birds were kind enough to plant unde
Location: Aberdeen, NC (my garden 2022)
Date: July 7, 2022
Black oil sunflower seedlings #61 nn & #2fg; LHB p. 998, 194-27-6
Location: Southern Pines, NC
Date: November 4, 2023
A celestial flower in the background a terrestrial flower in the
Location: Aberdeen, NC (my garden 2022)
Date: July 6, 2022
Black oil sunflower seedlings #61 nn & #2fg; LHB p. 998, 194-27-6
Location: Aberdeen, NC (my garden 2022)
Date: July 7, 2022
Black oil sunflower seedlings #61 nn & #2fg; LHB p. 998, 194-27-6
Location: Aberdeen, NC
Date: May 4, 2022
Black oil sunflower seedlings #61 nn & #2fg; LHB p. 998, 194-27-6

Date: 2020-07-29
Sunflower, Black Oil, used as a privacy hedge
Location: My garden, North Central Idaho
Date: 7-4-2015
Location: My garden, North Central Idaho
Date: 7-4-2015
Location: My garden, North Central Idaho
Date: 7-4-2015
Location: Aberdeen, NC (my garden 2022)
Date: July 6, 2022
Black oil sunflower seedlings #61 nn & #2fg; LHB p. 998, 194-27-6
Location: Aberdeen, NC
Date: May 4, 2022
Black oil sunflower seedlings #61 nn & #2fg; LHB p. 998, 194-27-6
Location: My garden, North Central Idaho
Date: 7-4-2015
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