Kniphofia foliosa

Botanical Description

Kniphofia foliosa is a robust, perennial plant forming dense clumps of growth up to 175cm tall from a thick, erect rhizome. The plant is usually stemless, though stems up to 40cm long are occasionally formed; it produces a basal rosette of sword-shaped leaves up to 100cm long and 4 - 7cm wide[ 299 Title Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. Publication Author Website http://www.prota.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine and possibly also as a food. It is sometimes planted as an ornamental in Europe[ 299 Title Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. Publication Author Website http://www.prota.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa. ].