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Protea cynaroides
Also called Giant Protea, Mountain Rose, Arctic Ice, Artichoke Flower Erodendrum, Autumn Prince, Big Protea, Clare
The king protea is a large woody shrub from the fynbos of South Africa, prized for its huge flower heads and the national flower of South Africa. It needs full sun, excellent drainage and low-nutrient soil to thrive.
Protea cynaroides, also called the king protea (from Afrikaans: koningsprotea, Xhosa: isiQwane sobukumkani, Zulu: isiQalaba
), is a flowering plant. It is a distinctive member of Protea, having the largest flower head in the genus. The species is also known as giant protea, honeypot, or king sugar bush. It is widely distributed in the fynbos region of South Africa, that is, in the southwestern and southern parts of Western Cape. The king protea is the national flower of South Africa.
The king protea is widely distributed in the southwestern and southern parts of Western Cape.
Clasping Leaf Sugarbush · Ladismith Sugarbush · Bot River protea · Forest Sugarbush
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Protea cynaroides by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
