Sunflowers

1. sunflowers are native to these land spaces
3. each petal of a sunflower along the head's circumference is its own flower, appropriately called this (two words)
7. seedless sunflowers may be preferred by those with this allergy due to the lack of pollen produced
9. one type of category of sunflowers (that I mistakingly thought was exhaustive)
11. noun describing young sunflowers tracking the sun from sunrise to sunset every day until mature
12. counter category of sunflowers that grow less than a meter
13. self-pollinating sunflowers will never long for familiarity with these as the next generation

2. In Greek mythology, the name of one of Apollo's loves who is turned into a sunflower after finding Apollo with another
4. adept four legged creatures who are masters at harvesting seeds and nuts
5. adult sunflowers all look this direction (and pollinators find them)
6. despite it's namesake, not all sunflowers show this pigment
8. all categories of sunflowers require this amount of light for growth
10. country where the tallest sunflower has been grown (nearly 10 meters!)