[DOC] [TLE] Kansas State Flower - Sunflower - State Symbols USA [PAR] Kansas recognized the sunflower as official state flower in 1903. Sunflower ... 
American Indians were using native sunflowers for food over 3,000 years ago. [DOC] [TLE] Kansas State Flower: Sunflower Facts - Kansas Native Plant Society [PAR] Feb 22, 2013 ... Kansas State Flower: Sunflower Facts ... domesticated by indigenous North and 
South American peoples over 3,000 BC. ... Over 50 cultivars of Helianthus 
annuus have been bred for the home garden and cut flower trade. [DOC] [TLE] Kansas State Flower - The Sunflower - ProFlowers Blog [PAR] Dec 10, 2015 ... When a Kansas state lawmaker attended a rodeo in the late 1800s, he ... The 
Sunflower has been used as food by American Indians for over 3,000 years. ... In 
1903, the wild Sunflower became the official state flower of Kansas. ... In recent 
years, Sunflowers have also been grown to harvest their oil for use... [DOC] [TLE] The Ultimate Sunflower Resource Guide - ProFlowers Blog [PAR] Aug 1, 2011 ... Origin/History There are conflicting reports about the sunflower's origination. 
Fossils resembling sunflowers have been found in South America, ... Sunflower 
Meaning Once thought to follow the sky pattern of the sun, ... State Flower Kansas 
adopted the wild native sunflower as its state flower in 1903. Here is... [DOC] [TLE] Origin of State Names - Infoplease [PAR] Origin of State Names ... Florida, From the Spanish Pascua Florida, meaning 
feast of flowers (Easter) ... The islands may have been named by Hawaii Loa, 
their traditional ... Kansas, From a Sioux word meaning people of the south wind 
... Massachusetts, From Massachusett tribe of Native Americans, meaning at or... [DOC] [TLE] Gallery - Florida Wildflowers [PAR] There are some 140 species of milkweed, some thought to be potential sources 
... It is the state flower of Oklahoma and it is said that Native Americans ate the 
flowers ... in many areas, including the desert, where the flower may have 
originated. ..... Found as far south as North Florida, and west in the prairie states 
as Kansas,... [DOC] [TLE] How The Russians Saved America's Sunflower : The Salt : NPR [PAR] Jan 5, 2012 ... Eating And Health  Foodways  Producers  Food For Thought  For Foodies ... 
Next time you buy some potato chips, take a look at the list of ingredients ... After 
all, the sunflower is the state flower of Kansas. ... It's one of the very few food 
crops that actually originated in the territory of the current United States... [DOC] [TLE] 12 Drugs From Ancient Cultures And Where To Get Them - ANIMAL [PAR] Oct 9, 2012 ... This is ancient Egypt, and you just ate some blue lotus flowers, a psychoactive ... 
or ecstasy, blue lotus causes a state of relaxed inhibitions in which users are ... 
Where to get it: The hills of South America, but specifically Medelln. ... The drug 
is thought to have been part of religious ceremonies, rituals which... [DOC] [TLE] Vol 4, No 4 - Summer Wildflowers - The Kansas School Naturalist ... [PAR] Front cover: Kansas School Naturalist: Summer Wild Flowers ... and April of each 
year by The Kansas State Teachers College, Emporia, Kansas. ... Many plants 
have been cultivated for so many years that their origin is all but lost in antiquity. 
... When the white man first discovered the Indians of North and South America,... [DOC] [TLE] Vol. 31, No. 2 - I Didn't Know That! Plants - The Kansas School ... [PAR] The authors of this issue have written numerous issues of the Naturalist the years
. ... The tree grows in such places as India and Tropical America. ... Inside the 
flower, colored filaments form a showy crown, which was thought to represent the 
... Sunflower, the Kansas state flower, has a "flower" that is about three inches or 
so... [DOC] [TLE] How did sunflowers originate? - Dietary Supplements - Sharecare [PAR] Sunflowers are native to both North and South America, where indigenous 
people ... Sunflowers have been cultivated for more than 5,000 years by the 
Native Americans

Question: This state flower of Kansas is thought to have originated in South America
Answer: Sunflower