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Kniphofia mulanjeana S.Blackmore

Species

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Characteristics

Rhizome slender, 7–12 mm in diameter, with short, well-spaced, erect, shoot-bearing branches, the latter ± densely clothed in fibrous remains of old leaf bases; roots many, slender, fleshy.
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Raceme 8–9 cm long, sparse; bracts c. 1 cm long, lanceolate, rounded; sterile bracts membranous, white with a brown medial nerve, 2.2 cm long, lanceolate; pedicels c. 2–4 mm long.
Leaves 5–15, up to 25 cm long and c. 4 mm wide, linear, gradually attenuate to the apex, ribbed, with margins entire.
Perianth 28–34 mm long, cylindrical, slightly arcuate, not constricted above the ovary; lobes c. 2 mm long.
Flowers patent, finally pendulous, yellow; young buds erect, orange-red with green apices.
Peduncle erect slender, 12–26 cm long, enveloped at the base by old leaf bases.
Anthers not exserted; filaments exserted for c. 1 mm.
Plants usually solitary, 30–40 cm tall, slender.
Style attenuate, included or slightly exserted.
Capsule not seen.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Mature height (meter) 0.3 - 0.4
Root system fibrous-root rhizome
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

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Usage

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Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 10 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 23
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Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:898056-1
WFO ID wfo-0000676278
COL ID 6NLRR
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Kniphofia mulanjeana
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