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Kniphofia stricta

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Identification
Kniphofia stricta Codd [family ASPHODELACEAE ]
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Entry for Kniphofia stricta [family ALOACEAE]
Herbarium
South African National Biodiversity Institute, Compton Herbarium, Cape Town (SAM)
Collection
Flora of Southern Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of South Africa, (2003) Author: Dr J.P. Roux
Names
Kniphofia stricta [family ALOACEAE]
Information
Plants several-stemmed. Leaves erect to as­cending, rigid, strongly nerved, 300-700 x 8-14 mm, U-shaped in cross section (not keeled), chan­nelled above; margin serrulate; nerves prominent on lower surface, often with scattered papillae on nerves. Scape subequal to leaves, 300-600 mm tall. Raceme subcylindrical to ovoid, dense, 80-140 x 50-60 mm; buds orange or pale orange-red to coral, becoming yellow to greenish yellow as flowers open. Bracts ovate to ovate-lanceolate, 7-10 mm long; apex rounded to acute; margin eroso-denticulate. Pedicels 1.5-3.0 mm long, elongating to 6 mm long in fruit. Perianth sub-cylindrical, 27-33 mm long; lobes ovate, 3 mm long, slightly spreading. Stamens exserted by 0-8 mm at anthesis. Fruit subglobose, 7-9 mm long. Flowering time: mid-January to early March. Figure 27.
Habitat
The leaves of K. stricta are U-shaped in cross section, rigid, erect and strongly nervose, often with the margins tending to be inrolled. When herbarium specimens are prepared, the leaves become flattened and the characteristic shape is not always apparent. Along the nerves there are often minute papillae, making the leaf surface scabrid to the touch, which may lead to confusion with the following species, K. hirsu-ta, in which the leaves are hispid and V-shaped in cross section.
Use
29. Kniphofia stricta Codd in The Flowering Plants of Africa 34: t. 1328 (1960d); Codd: 461 (1968). Type: Cape [Eastern Cape], Graaff-Reinet Dist, near New Bethesda, Kit-ching 54 (PRE, holo.!).
Range
Occurs in the mountains of Eastern Cape and the adjoining area of southwestern Lesotho, on grassy slopes, often among dolerite rocks, at altitudes of 1 700-2 500 m. Map 14.

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