New sunflower family tree reveals multiple origins of flower symmetry Penn State Journal Plant Communications Funder Penn State Eberly College of Science, Penn State Huck Insitutes of the Life ...

It narrowly beat out the bush sunflower in a March Madness-style bracket competition — part of an effort to encourage gardeners to cultivate native plants.

"It couldn't have been a more perfect anniversary gift than a field of sunflowers," Renee Wilson said ahead of her golden wedding anniversary Anna Lazarus Caplan is a writer-reporter for PEOPLE.