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Kniphofia citrina Baker

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Asphodelaceae > Kniphofia

Characteristics

Plants several-stemmed. Leaves suberect to arcuate, 400-700 x 6-10(-12) mm, somewhat glaucous, strongly nerved, keeled and tending to fold along midrib; margin smooth to minutely and sparsely denticulate. Scape usually overtopping leaves, 400-600 mm long. Raceme globose to subglobose, dense, 45-60 x 50-55 mm; buds red, red-tipped or yellow; flowers spreading to pendulous, yellow to yellow-green. Bracts ovate-oblong, 4.5-5.0 mm long, subacute to obtuse; margin finely eroso-denticulate. Pedicels 1.5-2.5 mm long. Perianth subcylindrical, (20-)22-27 mm long; lobes broadly ovate, 2.5 mm long, spreading. Stamens exserted by 4-6 mm at anthesis and remaining exserted. Fruit globose-triquetrous, about 8 mm long.
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Perennial herb. Stems several, short. Leaves suberect to arcuate, 0.4-0.7 m long, 6-10 mm wide, V-shaped in cross section, margins smooth to minutely and sparsely denticulate. Inflorescence usually overtopping leaves, 0.4-0.6 m high, with globose to subglobose, dense raceme. Flowers red, red-tipped or yellow and erect in bud, yellow to yellow-green and spreading to pendulous when mature, 22-27 mm long. Flowering time Mar.-May.
Rhizomatous perennial, 40-65 cm, forming clumps. Leaves strap-shaped, coarsely fibrotic. Flowers in globose racemes, yellow.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention
Sexuality -
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.1 - 0.5
Mature height (meter) 0.5 - 0.8
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Flower color
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Environment

Light 6-9
Soil humidity 5-7
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity 2-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 8-9

Usage

Uses -
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by divisions or seedlings.
Mode divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days) 10 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 23
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Minimum temperature (C°) -12
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Images

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Distribution

Kniphofia citrina world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:537000-1
WFO ID wfo-0000675626
COL ID 6NM35
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Kniphofia citrina
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