Heliotropion is … 1) a native Greek plant that botanically is the same as the American sunflower. 2) a plant from a Greek myth that turns its flowers to the sun like sunflowers. 3) an alternative name that Greeks use for Apollo, the Greek god of sun. 4) what sunflowers have been called in Greek since the 16th century.

Heliotropion is … 1)  a native Greek plant that botanically is the same as the American sunflower. 2)  a plant from a Greek myth that turns its flowers to the sun like sunflowers. 3)  an alternative name that Greeks use for Apollo, the Greek god of sun. 4)  what sunflowers have been called in Greek since the 16th century.