Helianthus annuus, Sunflower, Ηλίανθος
North Korea issued a four-stamp series in 1974 named
OIL PRODUCING PLANTS
A couple of years ago some flower beds were built on top of the covered-in dry river bed. These beds were planted with plants which withstand the Mediterranean climate, then left to their own devices. It looks as if someone with a strimmer comes along once or twice a year and cuts down the inevitable weeds.
However, near a coffee shop in amongst the municipal planting of rosemary and lantana someone has planted coleus, a few sunflower seeds and what looks like gourd seeds.
This is one of the sunflower plants which I see from the photo someone has supported with a pole
Helianthus annuus is in a list of
SOME WONDERFUL MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATE PLANTS by Judy Thomas
THE MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN number 91, January 2018