Kniphofia hirsuta Codd

Species

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Characteristics

Plants solitary or few-stemmed. Leaves erect, soft in texture, dull green, 400-600 x 15-25 mm, deeply keeled, hirsute along nerves on both surfaces; margin conspicuously and regularly serrulate. Scape equal to or longer than leaves, 450-600 mm long. Raceme shortly rhomboid-cylindrical to ovoid, dense, 80-120 x 40-45 mm; buds orange or dull coral to salmon-pink tipped with green; flowers pendulous, dull greenish yellow. Bracts linear-lanceolate, acuminate, 10-14 mm long; margin minutely denticulate to subentire. Pedicels 2-4 mm long. Perianth subcylindrical, 22-27 mm long; lobes ovate, 2.5 mm long, not spreading. Stamens not or scarcely exserted at anthesis. Fruit subglobose, 7-9 mm long.
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Perennial herb. Stems single or few, short. Leaves erect, 0.4-0.6 m long, 15-25 mm wide, V-shaped in cross section, deeply keeled, hirsute along nerves, margins conspicuously and regularly serrulate. Inflorescence equal to or longer than leaves, 0.45-0.60 m high, with shortly rhomboid-cylindric to ovoid, dense raceme. Flowers orange or dull coral to salmon-pink, tipped with green and spreading in bud, dull greenish yellow and spreading when mature, 22-27 mm long. Flowering time Dec., Jan.
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) 0.45 - 0.6
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light 4-9
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
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -12
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Kniphofia hirsuta unspecified picture

Distribution

Kniphofia hirsuta world distribution map, present in Lesotho and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:537032-1
WFO ID wfo-0000675930
COL ID 6NLQC
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Kniphofia hirsuta