Kniphofia macowanii

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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Kniphofia macowanii, Baker (Tritoma rigidissima and T. maroccana, Hort.). Dwarf: lvs. linear, erect and rigid, to 2 ft. long, 3-5 veins either side the midrib, with a thickened scabrous margin: raceme very dense, 2-4 in. long, on a slender peduncle 1-2 ft. long; fls. bright yellowish to orange-red; perianth cylindrical, 1 in. long; segms. ovate and obtuse, relexed; stamens not exserted. S.Afr. B.M. 6167. R.H. 1879:390. G.C. III. 39:83.—K. corallina, Hort., R.B. 19:25 (1893), a hybrid between this species and K. uvaria was raised by Deleuil, of Marseilles: it grows 18-24 in. high and Dears ovoid spikes of coral-red fls. all summer and fall: said to be good for cutting. K. media macowanii, Hort.: "a hybrid between K. aloides grandiflora and K. macowanii. This is an earlier blooming sort than either of its parents, as dwarf as K. macowanii and much earlier and more brilliant."


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