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. triangularis, synonymously known as Kniphofia macowanii, Kniphofia nelsonii or Tritoma macowanii and commonly known as Common Mandarin Poker, is a South African indigenous species found in the Eastern Cape, Free State and KwaZulu-Natal provinces, extending into Lesotho. From late spring through to autumn it bears miniature orange pokers.