Kniphofia fluviatilis Codd

Plants several-stemmed. Leaves erect, firm in texture, tapering rapidly, 350-700 x 8-25 mm, dull to glaucous-green, V-shaped in cross section with a rather thick keel; margin and keel smooth. Scape moderately stout, usually overtopping leaves, 450-650 mm long. Raceme ovoid to subglobose, often pyramidal at apex, dense, 20 x 60-80 mm; buds deflexed, flame to orange-red; flowers pendulous, apricot-yellow to greenish yellow. Bracts ovate-lanceolate to lanceolate, acute to long-acuminate, 7-13 mm long; margin entire. Pedicels 1.5-2.0 mm long, elongating to 2.5-3.0 mm at fruiting stage. Perianth subcylindrical, often somewhat arcuate, 42-50 mm long; lobes ovate, 2 mm long, not spreading. Stamens just included or slightly exserted at anthesis, finally withdrawn. Fruit erect globose to ovoid, 8-10 mm long. Flowering time: November and December, but flowering specimens have been collected as late as February.