Kniphofia reynoldsii Codd

Species

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Characteristics

Perennial herb from a thick rhizome.. Leaves in a rosette, lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, 1.1–1.9 m long, up to 3 cm wide towards the base, keeled.. Inflorescence 1.8–3 m high; peduncle 10–14 mm in diameter; raceme dense, 45–90 cm long, 1.5–2 cm wide; fertile bracts ovate to triangular, boat-shaped, 4–5 mm long, 2–3 mm wide at the base, acute at the apex; flowers ± sessile.. Flowers yellow to orange-yellow or greenish yellow, the lobes brownish or pinkish tipped; perianth subcampanulate, the tube 3–5 mm long, 4–6 mm wide, the lobes reflexed at anthesis, 3–5 mm long.. Stamens exserted; filaments white to greenish, anthers dark brown. Style exserted, white to greenish; ovary trigonous.. Mature capsule not known.
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Raceme slender, 50–70 cm long, spiciform, ± dense; bracts 3–6 × 2.5–3.5 mm, oblong-ovate, boat-shaped, reflexed; pedicels up to 1 mm long.
Perianth 7.5–11 mm long; tube 4–6 mm long; lobes 4–6 mm long, 2–2.5 mm wide at the base, oblong, rounded, reflexed, the margins revolute.
Leaves 0.8–2 m long, 4–5 cm wide at the base, linear, keeled, the margins entire or remotely serrulate.
Flowers patent, white, cream, greenish or greenish and tipped with brown or reddish-brown.
Stamens exserted for 4–5 mm; filaments 9–11 mm long; anthers 2.7–3.5 mm long.
Rhizome interrupted (jointed with short internodes).
Seeds sharply angled, c. 4.5–5 mm long.
Capsule c. 6.5 mm long, oblong-ovoid.
Plant robust, up to 3.7 m tall.
Peduncle stout, 1.1–2.3 m long.
Style slightly exserted.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Mature height (meter) 2.75 - 3.35
Root system rhizome
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Cultivation

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

Kniphofia reynoldsii world distribution map, present in Tanzania, United Republic of and Zambia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:537081-1
WFO ID wfo-0000676555
COL ID 6NLRJ
BDTFX ID -
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Synonyms

Kniphofia reynoldsii