New Zealand’s national flower: Cyathea

Cyathea tree fern is the only existing plants, is extremely rare, called David, was listed as one of many countries to protect endangered plants. Cyathea the fern family, descendants of the ancient, can be made ​​into handicrafts and traditional chinese medicine, or a good garden ornamental trees.

Dated to about 1.8 billions years ago, Cyathea was the most prosperous of plants on earth, with dinosaurs, one of the “reptile” era of the two signs. But after a long geological changes on Earth most of the victims of Cyathea, very few is known as the “sanctuary” where it can trace to trace.



Cyathea origin is one of New Zealand, it is also New Zealand’s national flower, protected by people.