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Name:    Miranda
Status:     student
Age:     9
Location: N/A
Country: N/A
Date: Around 1999
Question:
How do sunflowers get their color?


Replies:
Trying to put this in basic terms. The genetics of the plant determine the pigments (compounds that color the flowers).

The following might be helpful in understanding colors.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunflower

Anthony R. Brach, Ph.D.

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