Kniphofia

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Fiery colored Kniphofia
Fiery colored Kniphofia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Lilliopsida
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asphodelaceae
Genus: Kniphofia
Species

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Kniphofia (Red hot poker, Torch lily, Poker plant) is a genus of plants in the family Asphodelaceae that includes 70 or more species native to Africa. Some species have been commercially used for horticultural use and are commonly known for their bright, rocket-shaped flowers.

These plants produce spikes of brightly-colored, hanging, red-to-orange flowers. This gives names such as "torch" and "red hot poker" to many of them.

[edit] Some species

  • Kniphofia brachystachya
  • Kniphofia caulescens
  • Kniphofia hirsuta
  • Kniphofia rufa
  • Kniphofiasarmentosa
  • Kniphofia stricta
  • Kniphofia triangularis
  • Kniphofia uvaria, Torch lily
  • Kniphofia reflexa (endangered [1])

Yellow Kniphofia


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