Sunflower Field — Phyllotaxis
Drag to orbit, scroll to zoom. Flowers track the sun.
A field of procedural sunflowers is scattered using the golden-angle spiral (phyllotaxis) — the same math that arranges real sunflower seeds and leaves — and each seed disc's texture is drawn on a canvas using that identical spiral formula. Every plant head slerps its orientation each frame to track a directional light that sweeps across the sky, simulating heliotropism, while sky/fog color and sun color/intensity shift continuously between dawn, noon and dusk hues.
Plants: 130 (golden-angle scatter, radius ≤ 34)
Golden angle: 137.5° (π(3−√5))
Seeds per head texture: 300
Petals per flower: 21
Palette: golden yellow petals, warm brown seed disc