any plant of the perennial southern African genus Kniphofia, some species of which are cultivated for their conical spikes of bright red or yellow drooping tubular flowers: family Liliaceae
Also called: red-hot poker
Word origin
named after J. H. Kniphof (1704–1763), German doctor and botanist
Examples of 'kniphofia' in a sentence
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Kniphofia caulescens is the classic evergreen species, with fat, grey yucca-like foliage.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Why those forests of obfuscating fennel, those battalions of kniphofia?
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Red hot pokers (kniphofia) are tough, reliable perennials which can cope with periods in summer and require staking when flower.
Times, Sunday Times (2018)
Kniphofia rooperi has egg-shaped flowers, but that too is evergreen and subject to winter setbacks.