To celebrate the festivity of Autumn, we will focus on Autumn fruits. One of the most representative of them is the sunflower.
The sunflower, or Helianthus anuus, belongs to the asteraceae family of flowers. It is an annual flower very famous for its extremely large and vivid yellow blooms. These plants are widely cultivated all over the world as ornamentals, food plants (their dried seeds can be eaten or used in cooking) and for their valuable oil.
In the Greek Mythology we can find the story of how the first sunflower was born. it is the story of Clytie, a water nymph who feel in love with Apollo, the son a Zeus. Watch the film to discover the whole story.
