Kniphofia (Red hot poker, Torch lily, Poker plant) is a genus of plants in the family Asphodelaceae that includes 70 or more species native to Africa. Some species have been commercially used for horticultural use and are commonly known for their bright, rocket-shaped flowers. These plants produce spikes of brightly-coloured, hanging, red-to-orange flowers. This gives names such as “torch” and “red hot poker” to many of them.

Kniphofia parviflora is a South African endemic species from the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal Provinces. It was previously known as Kniphofia krookii and Kniphofia modesta and is commonly known as Ihlinzanyoka in Zulu. It grows from 25cm to 80cm tall with keeled leaves that curl back on themselves. From spring through to summer it bears an elongated inflorescence of scented creamy yellow to greenish flowers.