Kniphofia stricta Codd

Plants several-stemmed. Leaves erect to ascending, rigid, strongly nerved, 300-700 x 8-14 mm, U-shaped in cross section (not keeled), channelled above; margin serrulate; nerves prominent on lower surface, often with scattered papillae on nerves. Scape subequal to leaves, 300-600 mm tall. Raceme subcylindrical to ovoid, dense, 80-140 x 50-60 mm; buds orange or pale orange-red to coral, becoming yellow to greenish yellow as flowers open. Bracts ovate to ovate-lanceolate, 7-10 mm long; apex rounded to acute; margin eroso-denticulate. Pedicels 1.5-3.0 mm long, elongating to 6 mm long in fruit. Perianth sub-cylindrical, 27-33 mm long; lobes ovate, 3 mm long, slightly spreading. Stamens exserted by 0-8 mm at anthesis. Fruit subglobose, 7-9 mm long. Flowering time: mid-January to early March.