Kniphofia albomontana Baijnath

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Asphodelaceae > Kniphofia

Characteristics

Plants caulescent, 1-4-stemmed; stems up to 250 mm tall. Leaves recurved, stiff in texture, 0.6-1.0 m long, 22-45 mm broad, V-shaped in cross section; margin and keel finely serrulate. Scape 0.8-1.2 m tall, overtopping leaves. Raceme ovoid, 110-220 x 50-70 mm, dense; buds purplish orange; flowers pale yellow-green, sometimes tinged with orange. Bracts lanceolate to narrowly lanceolate, subacute to slightly obtuse, 18-22 mm long; margin minutely eroso-denticulate in upper half. Pedicels 2 mm long, increasing to 5-7 mm long in fruit. Perianth narrowly funnel-shaped, 30-35 mm long; lobes ovate, 2-3 mm long, not spreading. Stamens exserted by up to 5 mm at anthesis. Fruit ovoid, 11-13 mm long.
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Perennial herb; acaulescent or occasionally shortly caulescent. Stems 1-4, up to 0.25 m long. Leaves recurved; blade stiff, 0.6-1.0 m x 22-45 mm, V-shaped in cross section; margins and keel finely serrulate. Flowers: inflorescence overtopping leaves, 0.8-1.2 m high, raceme ovoid, dense; perianth 18-22 mm long, purplish orange and spreading in bud, pale yellow-green or tinged with orange and pendulous when mature; Nov.-Feb.
Perennial herb. Stems 1-4, up to 0.25 m high. Leaves recurved, stiff, 0.6-1.0 m long, 22-45 mm wide, V-shaped in cross section, margins and keel finely serrulate. Inflorescence overtopping leaves, 0.8-1.2 m high, with ovoid, dense raceme. Flowers purplish orange and spreading in bud, pale yellow-green or tinged with orange and pendulous when mature, 18-22 mm long. Flowering time Nov.-Feb.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Mature height (meter) 0.25
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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 10 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 23
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Distribution

Kniphofia albomontana world distribution map, present in Lesotho and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:932905-1
WFO ID wfo-0000675727
COL ID 6NLR9
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Synonyms

Kniphofia albomontana