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Kniphofia grantii
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Riverside dambo above Kalonde Falls, Kawambwa Distr., Luapula Province
Photo: Nicholas Wightman
Riverside dambo above Kalonde Falls, Kawambwa Distr., Luapula Province
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Kniphofia flavovirens Engl. Kniphofia mpalensis Engl. Kniphofia zombensis Baker |
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Perennial herbs, 30–120 cm tall, with 1-3 shoots growing from a horizontal rhizome with short, erect, well-spaced, shoot-bearing branches; roots swollen, thinly fusiform, tapering at the base, much swollen towards the tip. Leaves linear-lanceolate, up to 100 cm long; entire or serrulate on margins and keel. Peduncle 30–120 cm long, later flowering specimens are more robust and have conspicuous sterile bracts below the flowers. Raceme ovoid, dense, up to 10 cm long; bracts lanceolate, 8–25 mm long, entire or more or less toothed near the apex, white papery with a dark median vein; pedicels 1.5–3.5 mm long. Flowers 28–35 mm long, straight or slightly curved, slightly constricted above the ovary, orange to dull red in bud, later greenish to greenish-yellow. Capsule globose, c. 4 mm in diameter. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | DRC, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi and Zimbabwe. |
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| Literature: |
Baumann, G. (2005). Photographic Guide to Wildflowers of Malawi Wildlife and Environmental Society of Malawi Pages 188 - 189. (Includes a picture). Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 292. (Includes a picture). Kativu, S. (1996). Asphodelaceae of the Flora Zambesiaca area Kirkia 16(1) Pages 31 - 32. Kativu, S. (2001). Asphodelaceae Flora Zambesiaca 12(3) Pages 29 - 31. (Includes a picture). Moriarty, A. (1975). Wild Flowers of Malawi Purnell & sons Cape Town. Page 25. (Includes a picture). Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 107. |
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Kniphofia grantiiBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Kniphofia grantii
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Kniphofia grantii
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