Not at all rare or even new.

You described the branching pattern that is closer to the original wild type
Helianthus annuus L.

You can find millions upon millions of wild type Helianthus annuus L.
flowering in fields across the US this time of year.

http://www.swcoloradowildflowers.com...%20Pages/helia
nthus%20annuus.htm

http://www.mpiz-koeln.mpg.de/pr/gart.../BHelianthusan
nuusl1.jpg


Frank Bemelman wrote in message
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Hi, thought it might be interesting that I have
a strange sunflower in by garden.

I planted the seeds a bit late, may-june, and since 2 weeks
week they finally started to develop a flower, which opened
last week.

Nice to see that there are still bees at this time of
year.

I planted 5 seeds, 4 of them developed normal, but the
fifth does not only have a flower on top, but also at
every branch, originating from the pit between the
branch for the leave and the main branch.

How does this score on the scale of rarities?

Also, I intend to harvest the seeds from this particular
'defective' sunflower, how do I do that the best way?

Last question, will I become a millionaire, with this
new variety?

If interested, I can provide some pictures.

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Thanks,
Frank Bemelman
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