Kniphofia foliosa Hochst.

A robust herb. It keeps growing from year to year. It grows 1.7 m tall. It forms clumps. It often does not have a stem but can have one 40 cm tall. The leaves are in a ring at the base. They are simple and spreading. They are 100 cm long by 4 cm wide. There are fine teeth along the edge. The flowers are at the top in a clump 15-40 cm long. They are yellow, orange or red. The fruit is an oval capsule. It is 8 mm long. There are a few brown to black seeds.

Along roadsides, in overgrazed grassland with scattered trees, on hillsides with rocky outcrops and on mountains, at elevations from 2,500-4,000 metres299.

Can be grown by divisions or seedlings.