Kniphofia brachystachya (Zahlbr.) Codd

Plants with stems solitary or in small clusters. Leaves erect or somewhat falcate, rigid, 150-280 x 4-12 mm, shallowly keeled. Scape overtopping leaves, 250-650 mm tall. Raceme cylindrical, dense, 40-90 x 10-15 mm; buds erect, brownish; flowers erect to spreading, dull yellow to brownish, drying purplish brown, slightly scented. Bracts ovate to ovate-deltoid, acute, 4-5 mm long; margin eroso-denticulate. Pedicels up to 0.5 mm long. Perianth campanu-late to subturbinate, 4-5 mm long; lobes ovate, 1.0-1.5 mm long, not spreading. Stamens exserted by 2 mm at anthesis. Fruit globose, mature fruits not seen.