The native wild sunflower is the official state flower of Kansas.
A field of sunflowers that were planted in June will be harvested when they turn brown and dry out.
I like the tall one. It’s watching over everyone.
Heads are bowed. Starting to dry out.
Native sunflowers can be seen in field and in roadside ditches.
These aren’t sunflowers, but they are yellow and SO pretty.
Farmer Days 
My gosh!! That field of yellow is gorgeous!! That must be something to see. We just came through in SE Missouri near Arkansas and girl, there are cotton fields as far as we could see. It was so beautiful– looked like snow!
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The wild sunflowers have been really plentiful this year with all the moisture we had.
Oh my I would of loved to see the cotton fields. I bet LB loved the cotton”snow”!
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He sure did! Some was even baled and wrapped in either bright yellow or pink! So cool!!
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I knew which flower it would be — I think I remember that many of your highway signs even have a sunflower on them. The flowers in the fifth photo are the Maximilian sunflower. They’re not so common in my part of the state, but they do thrive in Texas, and they’re one of my favorite species.
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Thanks for identifying the Maximilian sunflower! They are so pretty! When my son comes back to Kansas in the summer, he really enjoys seeing the sunflowers. Every State has such unique and different native flowers. I want to get out to the desert and see the cactus blooms sometime!!
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Beautiful photography of the state flower and other colorful yellow ones!!
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Thanks Elizabeth. The beautiful yellow flowers won’t last long with what the weatherman is forecasting for us!!
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I love the Kansas sunflowers. It is such a beautiful symbol of the state. I have no idea what my state’s official flower is.
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This year the sunflowers were extremely plentiful. Plenty of moisture and heat!! Did you look up to see what your state flower is?
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