Kniphofia pauciflora Baker

Species

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Characteristics

Plants with short stolons forming small groups of stems. Leaves soft, erect, 200-350 x 28 mm, keeled, shallowly channelled above; margin and keel smooth. Scape overtopping or subequal to leaves, 300-500 mm tall. Raceme ovoid, lax to medium-dense, few-flowered, 30-100 x 30-35 mm; buds ascending, deep yellow; flowers finally deflexed, yellow to pale yellow. Pedicels 3-4 mm long. Bracts narrowly lanceolate, acuminate, 4-6 mm long; margin entire. Perianth narrowly funnel-shaped, 14-18 mm long; lobes ovate, obtuse, 3 mm long, spreading. Stamens exserted by 2-3 mm at anthesis, later withdrawn. Fruit small, subglobose.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality -
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.1 - 0.5
Mature height (meter) 0.1 - 0.5
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Environment

Light 4-9
Soil humidity -
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Soil acidity 2-8
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-10

Usage

Uses -
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by divisions.
Mode divisions
Germination duration (days) 10 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 23
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Images

Kniphofia pauciflora unspecified picture

Distribution

Kniphofia pauciflora world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:537072-1
WFO ID wfo-0000675765
COL ID 6NLRQ
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Kniphofia pauciflora Kniphofia pedicellata