Tritoman.
/ˈtrɪtəmə/incorrectly/trʌɪˈtəʊmə/ Botany.
A genus of liliaceous plants (also called Kniphofia), natives of South Africa, with spikes of scarlet or yellow flowers; several species in cultivation are popularly called flame-flower or red-hot poker; kniphofia n.
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hemerocallis1648
tuberose1664
St Bruno's lily1706
superb lily1731
agapanthus1789
Spanish squill1790
erythronium1797
Tritoma1804
Spanish harebell1808
veltheimia1808
adder's tongue1817
bunch flower1818
Puschkinia1820
hedychium1822
eremurus1836
flame lily1841
lily pink1848
mountain spiderwort1849
lloydia1850
kniphofia1854
garland-flower1866
red-hot poker1870
swamp-lover1878
African lily1882
flame-flower1882
Scarborough lily1882
wood-lily1882
St. Bernard lily1883
torch-lily1884
rajanigandha1885
ginger lily1892
chinkerinchee1904
snow lily1907
sand lily1909
avalanche lily1912
Spanish bluebell1924
mountain lily1932
chink1949
poker1975
1804 Curtis's Bot. Mag. 20 744 (heading) Glaucous-Leaved Tritoma.
1854 Curtis's Bot. Mag. 80 4816 Serrulated-leaved Kniphofia... Of late years visitors to the Royal Gardens of Kew have been much struck with the beauty of the flower-spikes of a Kniphofia (Tritoma of most authors), planted in several of the beds.
1871 J. C. Patteson Let. 8 Mar. in C. M. Yonge Life J. C. Patteson (1874) II. xii. 514 I like both the red and the yellow tritoma.
1882 Garden 13 May 325/2 Tritomas..produce a grand effect in autumn.
1900 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Apr. 574/2 The tritomas, blazing up red-hot.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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