How the sunflower gets its rings

Elife. 2023 Feb 28:12:e86284. doi: 10.7554/eLife.86284.

Abstract

The circadian clock may help to control the development patterns which allow the florets on a sunflower head to go through their final stages of maturation at precisely the right time.

Keywords: Helianthus annuus; anthesis; developmental biology; floral maturation; floral organs; plant biology; rhythms; spiral phyllotaxy.

Publication types

  • Editorial
  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Circadian Clocks*
  • Helianthus*