Kniphofia rigidifolia E.A.Bruce

Plants several-stemmed. Leaves erect, firm in texture, yellow-green, 500-800 x (15-)20-35 mm, V-shaped in cross section; margin and keel finely serrulate. Scape subequal to leaves or slightly longer, 500-900 mm tall. Raceme subglobose to broadly ovoid, very dense, 50-80 x 50-60 mm; buds spreading, flame or orange-red to coral-red; flowers pendulous, yellow-green to greenish. Bracts oblong-ovate to oblong-lanceolate, subacute to obtuse, 5-7 mm long; margin finely eroso-denticulate to almost entire. Pedicels 1 mm long at flowering, increasing to 3 mm long at fruiting stage. Perianth subcylindrical, 30-40 mm long; lobes broadly ovate, 2.5 mm long, slightly spreading. Stamens in throat or slightly exserted at anthesis, later withdrawn. Fruit subglobose to broadly ovoid, 7 mm long. Flowering time: mid-October to the end of November.