I love SUNFLOWERS .... for their lively spirit ... for their bright warm yellow color ....
Floral Messages
A sunflower's meaning differs from culture to culture. To some, the sunflower promises power, warmth, and nourishment — all the attributes of the sun itself. Others, however, maintain that the sunflower's regal appearance denotes haughtiness and false appearances, or unhappy love. A gift of a Dwarf Sunflower signifies "a devout admirer."
Legend tells that the Greek sun-god Helios was drowned by his uncles, the Titans, and then raised to the sky, where he became the sun. He was beloved by a mortal named Clytie, who died of her love for him. Clytie was "rooted" in her grief, and thus followed Helios' daily journey through the sky.
The sunflower's turning as it follows the sun symbolizes deep loyalty and constancy. It is said that if a girl puts three sunflower seeds down her back, she will marry the first boy she meets. The Chinese hold the sunflower as a symbol of longevity. Incan priestesses wore large sunflower disks made of gold on their garments. In the Andes mountains, images of sunflowers were hammered into gold and placed in temples. Sunflower seeds were a sacred food to the Plains Indians in the prairie regions of North America. They placed bowls filled with sunflower seeds on the graves of their dead to nourish them on the long journey to the "Happy Hunting Grounds."
向日葵（Sunflower）
花語：太陽（The Sun） 崇拜與仰慕
向日葵具有向光性，人們稱它為「太陽花」，隨太陽迴繞的花。在古代的印加帝國，它是太陽神的象徵。因此向日葵的花語就是－太陽。
野生向日葵（Perennial Sunflower）
花語：投緣（Affinity）
野生向日葵的用途很廣：種子可以做成點心、還可以提煉食用油、葉片是家畜喜愛的飼料、花可以做成染料等。它和我們的日常生活可是息息相關的，是一種和人類相當投緣的植物。因此，它的花語是－投緣。
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