What is the national flower of the US?

A flower of Kansas.Non commercial use permitted with Attribution/No Derivative Works.

The wild native sunflower is the official flower and floral emblem of Kansas.All state flowers.

The Kansas quarter, state flag, and even the nickname for Kansas is "The Sunflower State."

Over 3000 years ago, Native Americans used native sunflowers for food.The seeds were small.It was long.The Plains tribes began the development of the large modern sunflower, rich with oil, over hundreds of years after selecting only the largest seeds for cultivation.

The flowers are joined together by a base.Individual ray flowers, which do not develop into seed, are the large petals around the edge of a head.

There are many species of sunflowers.The native sunflowers grow to 15 feet tall with flower heads up to 2 feet in diameter and can produce over 1,000 seeds from one plant.The sun's movement is tracked by the flower head, which turns and faces the sun.A high-quality vegetable oil can be found in Sunflower seeds.

Kansas has a native wild flower that is hardy and abundant, of striking shape, easily sketched, molded and carved, and has armorial capacities that are ideal for artistic reproduction.

This flower speaks of frontier days, winding trails, pathless prairies, pride of the present, and is a wonderful representation of a golden future.

The state flower and floral emblem of the state of Kansas is the wild native sunflower.