Kniphofia linearifolia
Common name
marsh poker
Family
Asphodelaceae
Flora category
Vascular – Exotic
Structural class
Herbs - Monocots
Conservation status
Not applicable
Brief description
Clumping, to 1.5 m tall. Deciduous.
Flowering
Flowers greenish yellow (pink in bud stage)
Flower colours
Red/Pink, Yellow
Propagation technique
Seed (collection from Whanganui in 2010 comprised wild seedlings growing near planted specimens); division
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
Etymology
kniphofia: The genus is named in honour off Johann Hieronymus Kniphof (1704 - 1763) German physician and botanist.
linearifolia: With linear leaves
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