Thread: подсолнух and подсолнечник

Originally Posted by bobert

My guess is that подсолнечник is the diminutive of подсолнух. Is that correct?

No, it’s not. Just different suffixes.

Originally Posted by maxmixiv

Agrarian or botanist would say "лепестки подсолнечника", but "normal" people say "лепестки подсолнуха".

I also feel so.