Proteaceae
King protea
Protea cynaroides
- Family
- Proteaceae
- Genus
- Protea
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Common names
By language (13)
- Afrikaans
- Aprilprotea, Bergsuikerkan, Grootsuikerkan, Heuningpot, Koningprotea, Koningsprotea, Koningsuikerbos, Reuseprotea
- Arabic
- بروطيا خرشوفية
- arz
- بروطيا خرشوفيه
- Bulgarian
- Артишокова протея
- Chinese
- 普羅蒂亞花, 蓟花山龙眼, 帝王花
- Dutch
- Koningsprotea
- English
- King protea, Giant protea, King protea flower, Mountain rose
- Finnish
- Kuningasprotea
- Japanese
- キングプロテア
- lah
- راچی
- nr
- Ithuthumbo lePhrothiya
- Persian
- گل شکرپاره
- Russian
- Протея артишоковая
Synonyms
- Erodendrum cynaraeflorum Knight
- Protea cyclophylla (Gand.) Gand. & Schinz
- Protea eriolepis (Gand.) Gand. & Schinz
- Protea woodwardii Endl.
- Scolymocephalus cynarodes Kuntze
Flowers
- In flower
- February to December (from 423 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Klaus Wehrlin, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jeremy Gilmore, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Manuel R Popp, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Klaus Wehrlin, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: © Pierre André, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ren Hoekstra, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: sb616, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: magriet b, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Lip Kee Yap, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Charleen Brunke, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Abu Shawka, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: anneleen_kool, CC0, from iNaturalist
More in Protea
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- Bot River proteaProtea compactaProteaceae
- Broad-leaf sugarbushProtea eximiaProteaceae
- Narrow-leaf proteaProtea neriifoliaProteaceae
- Cluster-head sugarbushProtea welwitschiiProteaceae
- Angolan proteaProtea angolensisProteaceae
- Shuttlecock sugarbushProtea aureaProteaceae
- Applegreen sugarbushProtea coronataProteaceae
- Laneleaf sugarbushProtea lanceolataProteaceae
- Protea laurifoliaProteaceae
- Long-leaf proteaProtea longifoliaProteaceae
Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.