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Proteaceae
Nightcap Oak Flower
Eidothea hardeniana
Ancient resilience and living history.
- Family
- Proteaceae
- Genus
- Eidothea
- Native to
- Australia
- Bloom season
- Spring
- Type
- evergreen tree
- Height
- 65-100 ft
- Sunlight
- part shade to full shade
- Soil
- rich volcanic, moist
- Water
- high
- Hardiness
- 10-11
- Lifespan
- perennial
Did you know
- Discovered only in 2000, it is one of the rarest trees on Earth with fewer than 100 mature specimens.
- It is a living fossil from the Proteaceae family, with ancestors dating back over 90 million years.
- Named after the Nightcap Range in New South Wales where it was found in subtropical rainforest.
- Despite being called an oak, it is completely unrelated to true oaks and is closer to macadamias.
- Its large, hard seeds are among the biggest in the Proteaceae family, weighing up to 40 grams.
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endurance
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rarity
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connection to deep time