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Kniphofia tabularis

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Monocotyledons > Order: Asparagales > Family: Xanthorrhoeaceae > Genus: Kniphofia

Kniphofia tabularis

Kniphofia tabularis flowering en masse after a fire. Hottentots Hollands Mountains, Western Cape, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

Kniphofia tabularis  

Red hot pokers (Kniphofia tabularis) flowering in mid-summer in recently burnt fynbos high in the Hottentots Hollands mountains, Western Cape, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]