Jean Enersen marks 45 years at KING. Back to Gallery. Jean Enersen, if not an icon, is certainly a fixture in Seattle. As surely as Puget Sound is to the west and Mount Rainier is to the south, she is there on Channel 5.And has been for 45 years.ean Enersen marks 45 years at KING. Back to Gallery. Jean Enersen, if not an icon, is certainly a fixture in Seattle. As surely as Puget Sound is to the west and Mount Rainier is to the south, she is there on Channel 5.
The genus is one of many in the Asteraceae that are known as sunflowers. It is distinguished technically by the fact that the ray flowers, when present, are sterile, and by the presence on the disk flowers of a pappus that is of two awn-like scales that are caducous (that is, easily detached and falling at maturity).he genus is one of many in the Asteraceae that are known as sunflowers. It is distinguished technically by the fact that the ray flowers, when present, are sterile, and by the presence on the disk flowers of a pappus that is of two awn-like scales that are caducous (that is, easily detached and falling at maturity).
American natives, sunflowers are grow for beauty as well as harvested for seed. An annual plant, sunflowers have big, daisylike flower faces of bright yellow petals (and occasionally red) and brown centers that ripen into heavy heads filled with seeds.