Kniphofia bruceae (Codd) Codd

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Asphodelaceae > Kniphofia

Characteristics

Plants several-to many-stemmed. Leaves somewhat spreading, nervose when dry, 0.9-1.5 m long, 20-30 mm broad, keeled below, channelled above; margin and keel sparsely to distinctly serrulate. Scape 1.0-1.8 m tall, overtopping leaves. Raceme dense, subcylindrical, tapering somewhat to apex, 150-300 x 60-70 mm; buds orange to reddish orange; flowers spreading to pendulous, yellow. Pedicels 5-8 mm long, elongating to 10 mm in fruit. Bracts linear-lanceolate, 8-12 mm long; margin finely eroso-denticulate. Perianth narrowly funnel-shaped, 24-30 mm long, ± 2 mm diam. near base, expanding about 10 mm above base to 5-7 mm near throat. Stamens exserted by 8-15 mm at anthesis. Fruit subglobose, 5-7 mm long.
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Perennial herb. Stems several to many, short. Leaves somewhat spreading, nervose when dry, 0.9-1.5 m long, 20-30 mm wide, V-shaped in cross section, margins and keel sparsely to distinctly serrulate. Inflorescence overtopping leaves, 1.0-1.8 m high, with subcylindric, dense raceme. Flowers orange to reddish orange and erect in bud, yellow and spreading to pendulous when mature, 24-30 mm long. Flowering time Nov.-Apr.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Mature height (meter) 1.0 - 1.8
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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 bruceae world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:944706-1
WFO ID wfo-0000675697
COL ID 6NM2Q
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Synonyms

Kniphofia praecox subsp. bruceae Kniphofia bruceae