Quick Characteristics:
Height: | 60-80 cm (2-2.6 ft) |
Flower Colors: | yellow, green, brown |
Flower Season: | mid summer to late summer |
Life form: | rhizome |
Kniphofia parviflora Kunth is found in grassland and marshy places up to 2000 m from the Eastern Cape to KwaZulu-Natal. Plants are usually solitary and range in size from 25 to 80 cm. Leaves are recurved and keeled with smooth margins. Flowers are scented, one-sided with greenish brown to maroon hanging buds and small creamy green to yellow flowers. Photos 1-3 were taken in January 2010 by Mary Sue Ittner at Satansnek Pass and Maclear.
Photos from Cameron McMaster taken in the Eastern Cape. The first three photos were taken at Tordoon and the last at Mount Thomas.
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