What is the name of this plant?

[Douglas Bolt]

This morning a friend brought a pot containing a sunflower-looking plant and
asked for help with identification. I wasn't able to offer much help. It
looks like some sort of a sunflower, but the flower is much lighter yellow
than any sunflower I've ever seen. Five pics of the plant and flower can be
viewed at http://www.boltassociates.com/PlantID/. The plant is growing in
Maryland, USA. It is 2 - 3 ft tall.

Can anyone offer an identification?

Douglas Bolt
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[Jim Shaffer, Jr.]

On Sun, 08 Aug 2004 20:17:55 GMT, "Douglas Bolt" >
wrote:

>This morning a friend brought a pot containing a sunflower-looking plant and
>asked for help with identification. I wasn't able to offer much help. It
>looks like some sort of a sunflower, but the flower is much lighter yellow
>than any sunflower I've ever seen. Five pics of the plant and flower can be
>viewed at http://www.boltassociates.com/PlantID/. The plant is growing in
>Maryland, USA. It is 2 - 3 ft tall.

It's been a while since I've seen one, but it kind of looks like a Jerusalem
Artichoke.

[Douglas Bolt]

Thanks, Jim.

I looked at a couple of pics of a JA plant at
http://www.ibiblio.org/herbmed/pictures/p07/pages/helianthus-tuberosus.htm
and
http://www.ibiblio.org/herbmed/pictures/p07/pages/helianthus-tuberosus-1.htm
.. The plants pictured look much healthier than the one my friend Rod
brought over, but the general characteristics look like a good match.
However, I'm surprised that he didn't run into some tubers when he dug it
up.

Thanks!
--
Douglas Bolt
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"Jim Shaffer, Jr." > wrote in message
...
> On Sun, 08 Aug 2004 20:17:55 GMT, "Douglas Bolt"
>
> wrote:
>
> >This morning a friend brought a pot containing a sunflower-looking plant
and
> >asked for help with identification. I wasn't able to offer much help.
It
> >looks like some sort of a sunflower, but the flower is much lighter
yellow
> >than any sunflower I've ever seen. Five pics of the plant and flower can
be
> >viewed at http://www.boltassociates.com/PlantID/. The plant is growing
in
> >Maryland, USA. It is 2 - 3 ft tall.
>
> It's been a while since I've seen one, but it kind of looks like a
Jerusalem
> Artichoke.
>
>

[Jim Elbrecht]

"Douglas Bolt" > wrote:

>This morning a friend brought a pot containing a sunflower-looking plant and
>asked for help with identification. I wasn't able to offer much help. It
>looks like some sort of a sunflower, but the flower is much lighter yellow
>than any sunflower I've ever seen. Five pics of the plant and flower can be
>viewed at http://www.boltassociates.com/PlantID/. The plant is growing in
>Maryland, USA. It is 2 - 3 ft tall.

I'd vote for a white variety of 'sunflower'. Cook's Garden has one
they call "Italian White" --
http://cooksgarden.com/searchprods.asp?searchstring=sunflower&pagenumber=2

I don't know all the different varieties, but the only package of
'mixed' seeds I've ever been pleased with was Cook's "Music Box Mix"
of sunflowers. Never knew there was so much variety of sunflowers.

Jim