Kniphofia
Fiery colored Kniphofia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Asphodelaceae
Genus:	Kniphofia Moench
Species
See text.

Kniphofia (pronounced /nɪpˈhoʊfiə/)^[1] (Tritoma, Red hot poker, Torch lily, Poker plant) is a genus of plants in the family Asphodelaceae that includes 70 or more species native to Africa. Some species have been commercially used horticulturally and are commonly known for their bright, rocket-shaped flowers.

These plants produce spikes of brightly-colored, hanging, red-to-orange flowers. This gives names such as "torch" and "red hot poker" to many of them.

The Kniphofia genus is named after Johann Hieronymus Kniphof, a 18th century German physician and botanist.

[edit] Some species

• Kniphofia brachystachya
• Kniphofia caulescens
• Kniphofia hirsuta
• Kniphofia rufa
• Kniphofia sarmentosa
• Kniphofia stricta
• Kniphofia triangularis
• Kniphofia uvaria, Torch lily
• Kniphofia reflexa (endangered [1])

Yellow Kniphofia

'Shenandoah' Red Hot Poker

[edit] References

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