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1781 S. Fullmer Young Gardener's Best Compan. 156 Selphium—Bastard-Chrysanthemum—Three-leaved—Laciniated-leaved—Perfoliated-leaved—Asteriscus, or Perennial Sun-flower-leaved.

?1794 R. Kirwan in Trans. Royal Irish Acad. 5 Science 159 In the stalks of Turkey wheat or maize they found 7 per cwt. of earth, in sun-flower plant 3,7.

1829 Arcana Sci. 227 The sunflower leaves perspire more matter than any other plant known to exist.

1844 Farmer's Mag. 9 275/1 Samples of the fibres of sunflower stalks.

1888 Proc. Royal Geogr. Soc. 10 701 The low white cottages, glittering church-spire, and sunflower fields of one of the Cossack villages.

1918 W. Cather My Ántonia (1988) i. xviii. 82 The buffalo-peas were blooming in pink and purple masses along the roadside, and the larks, perched on last year's sunflower stalks, were singing straight at the sun.

1946 Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune 24 Sept. 5/2 These [bags] are available in a wide range of colors, running through the coco browns, sand beiges, tapestry red, Gobelin blues and sunflower golds.

1991 J. Diski Happily ever After xviii. 201 The rich greens of vines and olives had gradually replaced the wheat and sunflower crops of northern France.

2003 J. Eastman Bk. Field & Roadside 284 Carrot beetles (Ligyrus gibbosus) also feed as larvae in sunflower roots.

2016 Daily Mirror (Nexis) 6 July (Features section) Youngsters can create a sunflower plant with our free kit.