Kniphofia ensifolia subsp. ensifolia A.Berger

Perennial herb; acaulescent, occasionally shortly caulescent. Stems several, short. Leaves erect, recurved toward apex, 0.5-1.2 m x 15-45 mm, V-shaped in cross section; margins and keel usually conspicuously serrulate, rarely smooth. Flowers: inflorescence overtopping leaves, 0.6-1.8 m high, with cylindrical, very dense racemes; perianth greenish white, sometimes red-tinged or dull to flame red and spreading in bud, white to greenish white with green stripe down each lobe and spreading to pendulous when mature, 15-21 mm long; Oct.-Dec.