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|familia=Asphodelaceae
|genus=Kniphofia
|species=K. uvaria
|common_name=Torch Lily, Poker Plant, Flame Flower, Tritoma
|Max ht box=5
|Max ht metric=ft
|origin=South Africa
|features=ground cover, fire resistant
|Temp Metric=°F
|Temp Metric=°F
|min_zone=5
|max_zone=10
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|image=Kniphofia uvaria 3.jpg
|image_width=240
|image_width=240
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Kniphofia uvaria, Hook. (Aloe uvaria, Linn. Aletris uvaria, Linn. Tritoma uvaria, Ker-Gawl. Veltheimia uvaria, Willd. K. alooides, Moench). Torch-lily. Common Poker Plant. Poker Plant. Flame-flower. Figs. 2039, 2040. Lvs. slightly glaucous, ensiform-acuminate, 2-3 ft.long and 1 in. or less broad, scabrous on the margin, acutely keeled, with 30-40 close vertical veins: raceme dense, often 6 in. long, 2 ½ -3 in. thick, on a peduncle as long as the lvs.; upper fls. bright red, lower ones yellow; perianth cylindrical, to 1 ½ in. long; segms. ovate and obtuse; stamens in the lower
Kniphofia uvaria, Hook. (Aloe uvaria, Linn. Aletris uvaria, Linn. Tritoma uvaria, Ker-Gawl. Veltheimia uvaria, Willd. K. alooides, Moench). Torch-lily. Common Poker Plant. Poker Plant. Flame-flower. Figs. 2039, 2040. Lvs. slightly glaucous, ensiform-acuminate, 2-3 ft.long and 1 in. or less broad, scabrous on the margin, acutely keeled, with 30-40 close vertical veins: raceme dense, often 6 in. long, 2 ½ -3 in. thick, on a peduncle as long as the lvs.; upper fls. bright red, lower ones yellow; perianth cylindrical, to 1 ½ in. long; segms. ovate and obtuse; stamens in the lower
var. serotina, Hort. A late-flowering form with slender perianth 1 ¼ in. long and distinctly exserted stamens. Baker also mentions var. carnosa, glaucescens and refulgens without discrimination. Other varieties with Latin names arc mentioned in Gn. 36:458. K. praecox, Baker, is probably not in cult.: fls. sometimes in summer and sometimes in autumn.
var. serotina, Hort. A late-flowering form with slender perianth 1 ¼ in. long and distinctly exserted stamens. Baker also mentions var. carnosa, glaucescens and refulgens without discrimination. Other varieties with Latin names arc mentioned in Gn. 36:458. K. praecox, Baker, is probably not in cult.: fls. sometimes in summer and sometimes in autumn.
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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Torch Lily
| name = ''Torch Lily
| image = Kniphofia uvaria 3.jpg
| image =
| image_width = 250px
| image_width = 250px
| image_caption = ''Alcazar Torch Lily''
| image_caption = ''Alcazar Torch Lily''
| binomial_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]
| binomial_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]
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