Kniphofia breviflora Harv. ex Baker

Plants usually single-stemmed. Leaves narrow, grass-like, at first ascending, later recurving ± middle, 400-700 x 2.5-6.0 mm, triangular in cross section; margin and keel smooth. Scape overtopping recurved leaves, 400-800 mm tall. Raceme ovoid to oblong, usually dense at apex, medium-lax below, 50-80 x 20-24 mm; buds erect to spreading, yellow-green, often tinged with red; flowers whitish to yellow. Bracts ovate-lanceolate to lanceolate, acute to acuminate, 4.5-7.5 mm long; margin usually entire. Pedicels 1-2 mm long at flowering stage and in fruit. Perianth subcylindrical, (6-)7-11 mm long, in occasional specimens broadest above middle then narrowing to throat; lobes broadly ovate, 2.0-2.5 mm long, not spreading. Stamens exserted by 1.0-1.5 mm at anthesis, later withdrawn. Fruit globose to ovoid, 4.5-5.0 mm long. Flowering time: January to March but has been collected in flower as early as October.