Kniphofia linearifolia
Common names
marsh poker
Biostatus
Exotic
Conservation status
Not applicable
Category
Vascular
Structural class
Herbs - Monocots
Simplified description
Clumping, to 1.5 m tall. Deciduous.
Flower colours
Red/Pink, Yellow
Detailed taxonomy
Genus
Family
Endemic family
No
Ecology
Flowering
Flowers greenish yellow (pink in bud stage)
Year naturalised
2010
Origin
southern Africa occurring in Eastern Cape, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Swaziland, Mpumalanga and Zimbabwe, with an outlier recorded at Worcester in Western Cape.
Reason for introduction
Ornamental
Propagation technique
Seed (collection from Whanganui in 2010 comprised wild seedlings growing near planted specimens); division
Other information
Etymology
kniphofia: The genus is named in honour off Johann Hieronymus Kniphof (1704 - 1763) German physician and botanist.
linearifolia: With linear leaves
Referencing and citations
References and further reading
Janine E. Victor & Abraham E. van Wyk (1999) Pollen morphology of Diosma
and Coleonema (Rutaceae: Diosminae) and its taxonomic implications, Grana, 38:1, 12-19, DOI:
10.1080/001731300750044663