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 latifolia is a endangered South African endemic species found in the KwaZulu-Natal province from Greytown to Pietermaritzburg and Nkandla growing on grassy slopes and river banks, usually in moist depressions with grasses and sedges at altitudes of 800-1100 m. It has strap shaped leaves and during spring it bears eye-catching green/yellow/orange flowers that rise above the foliage.