Red Hot Poker
Name
Red Hot Poker or Torch Lily
Latin Name
Kniphofia spp
Description
The most conspicuous characteristic feature of this plant, is the perfect arrangement of the flowers. The leaves grow to a length of about 1 m; the flowering stem, which grows to 1,5 m in height, carries the inflorescence which consist of slender, tube-shaped flowers. The flowerheads are pale to dull red at first, but turn to yellow or green-yellow when they open in late summer.
Habitat
The Red Hote Poker can be found growing in grassveld and marshes and is found from the Western Cape Province north through to the Limpopo Province.
