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About 3000 B.C., sunflower was cultured by American Indians It was a common crop among American Indian tribes throughout North America.
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Native Americans cultivated sunflower and obtained different varieties with different seed colors ranging from black, white and red, and the black sunflower seed with white stripes
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Sunflower was naturalised 4000 years ago by Native Americans. The plant was transformed from a highly branched, many headed plant with small seeds into the unbranched crop plant containing larger oilseeds.
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Late 16th century, Sunflower was brought to Europe. Sunflower was used as an ornamental plant
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29th century, Russian improved sunflower seed and exported again to the United States