Common name: King Protea
Family: Proteaceae
Synonym(s): <i>Leucadendron cynaroides</i> L.
Country of Origin: South Africa - Cederberg to Port Elizabeth
Description: South Africa's national flower. Grows 0.3m to 2m. Distinctive leaves, huge flowerheads with pink/red flowers. Flowering time depends on variant.
Uses:
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USDA Zone: 8
Source: Fijnbosch Farme
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Culture:
Can be potted. Sow Autumn.
Classification:
- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Magnoliopsida
- SubClass: eudicots
- Order: Proteales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Proteaceae
- SubFamily: Proteoideae
- Tribe: Proteeae
- SubTribe:
References:
- Protea Atlas Project
- The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Tuesday, July 25, 2017.
- Protea cynaroides at Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Last accessed on Tuesday, July 25, 2017.
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