Red Hot Poker

splendida: splendid, striking

Robust clump-forming perennial, up to 2 m. Leaves long and linear, erect when young but soon becoming bent over, dull green or glaucous. Peduncle, stout, up to 1.6 m. Flowers in a dense raceme up to 28 cm, orange to red-orange. Perianth funnel-shaped, slightly constricted above the ovary; stamens exserted 5-10 mm. This species can be distinguished from the common Kniphofia linearifolia by the much more robust habit and the longer and more compacted inflorescence

Malawi, Mozambique, S Africa, Swaziland and Zimbabwe