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 triangularis ssp. obtusiloba, synonymously known as Kniphofia obtusiloba and commonly known as Northern Mandarin Poker, is a South African endemic species found from the Mpumalanga Drakensberg Mountains to Ngome in KwaZulu-Natal growing on quarzitic rocky outcrops in montane grasslands at altitudes of 1200-2200 m.