Stamp Name : Sunflowers
Date of Issue : 16 May 2008
Denomination : 3.00 Baht
Size : 28 x 28 mm.
Designer : Parichart Tatsanathep (Thailand Post Co., Ltd.)

Braving The Sun

Sunflowers or Helianhus annuus Linn are herbaceous plants, with single stems and are not more than two meters in height. Their oval leaves are zigzagged at th rim. The yellow flowers are round with seeds in the middle. The seeds can yield oil. The flower turn to face the sun all the time, thus explaining the name "sunflowers". The patals can come in single in multi layers. Those who want to see sunflowers, dancing in the sun can take a train to Pasak Cholasith Dam when both sides of the tracks feature hundreds of the sunflowers.

Source: Thai Stamp Bulleting, Issue 3, 2008