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Lesley Sutto | 20:20 Tue 29th Nov 2005 | Animals & Nature
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Why is the sunflower so called?


What is the national flower of Spain?

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Presumably because it looks like any picture of the sun drawn by a three year old!



Spain has no national flower - it does have the pomegranate.

21:34 Tue 29th Nov 2005
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Sunflower so called because it tracks the path of the sun through the sky during the day.


No news about the flower of Spain tho, sorry!

21:47 Tue 29th Nov 2005
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The Latin name of sunflower is from the name the Sun God: Helianthus, as it follows the sun in its circuit of the sky - in French, Sunflower is tournesol, or literally "turn with the sun".


Officially Spain does not have a flower,(think it used to be the carnation) but the Pomegranate is quoted as one most often. Doesn't have a bird either.

22:14 Tue 29th Nov 2005

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