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Kniphofia uvaria - Inflorescence - Click to enlarge!

Inflorescence; Sameiro, Braga, Portugal; 4/2009 © Jörn Germer

Kniphofia uvaria - Flowers - Click to enlarge!

Flowers; Sameiro, Braga, Portugal; 4/2009 © Jörn Germer

Kniphofia uvaria - Lower surface of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Lower surface of leaf; Sameiro, Braga, Portugal; 4/2009 © Jörn Germer

Kniphofia uvaria - Upper surface of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Upper surface of leaf; Sameiro, Braga, Portugal; 4/2009 © Jörn Germer

Kniphofia uvaria - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Sameiro, Braga, Portugal; 4/2009 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 1042
Date of entry: 06.04.2009
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

English: Redhot Poker

German: Traubige Fackellilie

Portuguese: Lírio-tocha

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2603)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2500)

    Class: Liliopsida (387)

      Order: Liliales (118)

        Family: Xanthorrhoeaceae (15)(family description)

          Genus: Kniphofia (2)

            Epithet: uvaria (L.) Oken (1)

uvaria => derived from Latin uva (bunch of grapes) meaning 'clustered like a bunch of grapes'

Characteristics

Climate: sub-tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: herb

Flower colour: red, orange

External links

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