Proteaceae: flowers of the family
19 flowers on Phool that belong to the family Proteaceae.
Protea neriifolia
A South African shrub with cone-shaped flower heads and hairy-tipped bracts
🇿🇦 South Africa and 3 more · Wildflower
Silver treeLeucadendron argenteum
A rare South African tree with silky silver leaves and scented pink flowers
🇿🇦 South Africa · Flowering tree
Grey tree-pincushionLeucospermum conocarpodendron
A tall South African shrub with yellow pincushion-like flower heads
🇿🇦 South Africa · Flowering shrub
Bot River proteaProtea compacta
Pink, bowl-shaped protea from the Cape’s coastal mountains
🇿🇦 South Africa · Wildflower
Proteasuikerbos
Large-headed South African flowers called sugarbushes, with many wild species
🇿🇦 South Africa and 7 more · Wildflower
Grevillea
Evergreen shrubs and trees with distinctive spider-like flowers
🇦🇺 Australia and 2 more · Wildflower
New South Wales waratahTelopea speciosissima
Large red flowered shrub and emblem of New South Wales, Australia
🇦🇺 Australia and 2 more · Wildflower
Leucospermum
Evergreen shrubs with bright, spiky flower heads called pincushions
🇿🇦 South Africa and 3 more · Wildflower
Protea repenssuikerbossie
A South African shrub with showy red to cream flower heads and sweet nectar
🇿🇦 South Africa · Wildflower
Chilean firebushEmbothrium coccineum
A small evergreen tree with vivid red spring flowers from Chile and Argentina
🇨🇱 Chile and 2 more · Flowering tree
Protea magnifica
A mountain shrub from South Africa with large, showy flower heads
🇿🇦 South Africa · Wildflower
Protea eximia
A tall South African shrub with large, colourful cone-shaped flower heads
🇿🇦 South Africa and 1 more · Wildflower
Protea afra
A variable shrub or small tree with pink to red flower heads from southern Africa
🇿🇦 South Africa and 6 more · Wildflower
Protea roupelliae
A small tree or shrub from southern Africa with striking flower heads
🇿🇦 South Africa and 1 more · Wildflower
Red pincushion-proteaLeucospermum cordifolium
A South African shrub with bright, pincushion-like flower heads
🇿🇦 South Africa · Wildflower
Rocket pincushionLeucospermum reflexum
A South African shrub with striking orange or yellow downward-curving flowers
🇿🇦 South Africa · Wildflower
Banksia
Australian wildflowers with tall flower spikes and woody cones
🇦🇺 Australia · Wildflower
Banksia serrata
A rugged Australian tree with chunky flower spikes and toothed leaves
🇦🇺 Australia · Flowering tree
Common pagodaMimetes cucullatus
A Cape shrub whose scarlet hooded leaves crown each flower head
Mimetes cucullatus · Flowering shrub
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Protea neriifolia: Melburnian, CC BY 2.5, source
- Silver tree: Andrew Massyn, Public domain, source
- Grey tree-pincushion: Abu Shawka, Public domain, source
- Bot River protea: Andrew Massyn, Public domain, source
- Protea: Andrew massyn, Public domain, source
- Grevillea: Adam.J.W.C., CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- New South Wales waratah: Casliber, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Leucospermum: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Protea repens: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Chilean firebush: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Protea magnifica: Dinkum, CC0, source
- Protea eximia: Saifunny, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Protea afra: Paul venter, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Protea roupelliae: Dwergenpaartje, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Red pincushion-protea: Cs california, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Rocket pincushion: No machine-readable author provided. Andrew massyn~commonswiki assumed, Public domain, source
- Banksia: Bjørn Christian Tørrissen, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Banksia serrata: Casliber, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Common pagoda: Dwergenpaartje, CC BY-SA 4.0, source