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Red hot poker
Kniphofia uvaria
Growing guidance
Horticultural figures below are practitioner estimates for planning, pending expert review. The botanical record further down is sourced and verifiable.
Current-climate suitability
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Sun
Full sun
Soil moisture
free-draining, average
Heat tolerance
Up to about 44°C
Cold tolerance
Down to about -15°C
Waterlogging tolerance
2/5
Drought tolerance
5/5
Mature size
0.9–1.3 m tall, 0.6 m spread
Seasonal interest
Summer · Orange red
Maintenance
low
Wildlife supported
General wildlife value 4/5 (verified species relationships are shown only where structured data exists)
Known risks or warnings
Crowns rot in winter-wet clay.
Toxicity: none
Verified botanical record
- Accepted scientific name
- Kniphofia uvaria (L.) Oken
- Family
- Asphodelaceae (Asparagales)
- Rank and status
- species · accepted
- GBIF record
- Taxon 5305033
Recorded as introduced in: Argentina Northeast, Belgium, California, Channel Is., England, France, Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, Madeira, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf and 13 further regions
Ranges are exactly as recorded in the GBIF source checklists and may be incomplete for widely cultivated species.
Kniphofia (, , ) is a genus of perennial flowering plants in the family Asphodelaceae, first described as a genus in 1794. All species of Kniphofia are native to Africa. Common names include tritoma, red hot poker, torch lily and poker plant.
Description from Wikipedia — Kniphofia (CC BY-SA), shortened and unedited in substance.
Native status and geographic context
- United Kingdom: climate-suitable
- United States: climate-suitable
- Australia: climate-suitable
Native status is never inferred from climate similarity. Plants restricted or invasive in a jurisdiction are excluded from recommendations there.
Demonstration data. Climate, plant and retailer records shown here are realistic samples awaiting horticultural validation and live data connections.