葵花籽是菊科作物向日葵的果实。它和其母体在很长一段时间里,曾蒙受过不白之冤。向日葵原产于美洲。十六世纪初,由海外传入我国西南诸省,跻身于观赏植物的行列。明朝王象晋所撰《群芳谱》、清人汪灏奉旨编篡的《广群芳谱》,都把向日葵作为花卉收录其中,并冠以“文菊”,“西蕃菊”、 Sunflower is the fruit of the Asteraceae sunflower. For a long time, it had suffered innocent injustice. Sunflower native to the Americas. At the beginning of the 16th century, it was introduced into the southwestern provinces of our country from overseas and among the ranks of ornamental plants. Wang Ming Jin Dynasty by the Ming Dynasty “Qunfang spectrum”, Qing Wang Hao compulsory editorial “Guangqun Fang spectrum”, which are included as a flower sunflower, and with “Wen Ju”, “Xifu Ju”