Kniphofia thodei Baker

Plants usually single-stemmed. Leaves at first erect, later recurved or bent downwards, 250-500 x 2-5 mm, pale glaucous-green, soft in texture, broadly triangular in cross section, narrowly channelled above, keeled below; margin smooth to finely serrulate, especially towards apex. Scape overtopping leaves, 300-500 mm long. Raceme subglobose to ovoid, dense, 40-60 x 40-50 mm; buds dull red to reddish brown, often tipped with white; flowers pendulous, white or tinged with reddish brown towards base. Bracts lanceolate, long-acuminate, 6-7 mm long; margin entire. Pedicels 1.5-2.0 mm long. Perianth subcylindrical, somewhat curved, 20-35 mm long; lobes broadly ovate, 1.5 mm long, not spreading. Stamens reaching throat of perianth at anthesis, later withdrawn. Fruit not seen. Flowering time: January, but extends from November to March.