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 tysonii subsp. lebomboensis, is a South African indigenous species that extends to Manzini, Eswatini. During summer it produces a tall flower spike that reaches well above the foliage. The flowers, that attract sunbirds and other pollinators, start of green turning yellow to red as they age.