Smell the Flowers Week 7: Schweinitz's Sunflower

Helianthus schweinitzii, Richmond, North Carolina, USA by John Flannery at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Helianthus_schweinitzii_3.jpg

Week 7, including the week of 2/18 through 2/24 of the Spring 2018 Smell the Flowers fitness challenge at Woodleaf United Methodist Church highlights the Schweinitz's sunflower. This endangered flower, also known as Helianthus schweinitzii, is of the Asteraceae or Aster family. As indicated by its name, this perennial plant loves the sun, grows to a height of five feet, and typically blooms September through October. This rare flower grows in the Piedmont of North Carolina.

For more information about Schweinitz's sunflower, click here. Have you ever seen a Schweinitz's sunflower?

"From the rising of the sun to the going down of the same the Lord's name is to be praised." Psalm 113:3