Sunflower Field Heliotropism & Phyllotaxis (2D)

This 2D companion views the sunflower field from directly above instead of the 3D model's angled walk-through. Each plant's petal fan swings to track the sun's azimuth as it crosses the sky, but how closely it tracks depends on age: young plants chase the sun tightly while mature plants settle into a fixed east-facing heading, reproducing the real developmental decline in sunflower heliotropic response. Click any flower to open an inset of its seed head, built live from Vogel's golden-angle model — the same 137.508° packing rule that keeps Fibonacci spiral arms visible at any seed count.