Kniphofia northiae

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Cultivation

Scientific Names

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Read about Kniphofia northiae in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Kniphofia northiae, Baker. St. short, 2-3 in. diam.: lvs. 30-40, in a dense rosette, 4-5 ft. long and 5-6 in. broad, lance- acuminate, channelled on the face, not sharply keeled, margins serrulate: raceme or spike 1 ft. and more long, very dense, on a peduncle shorter than the Ivs.; fls. 1 in. long, the lower ones yellow and the upper ones red toward the tip; segms. small and ovate; stamens becoming much exserted. Coast region. S. Afr. B.M. 7412. G.C. III. 39:100. Gn. 73, p. 480. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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