Asphodelaceae FAMILY

Kniphofia linearifolia

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Kniphofia linearifolia is a fairly robust, clump-forming perennial plant producing several to many stems, growing up to 1.5 metres tall from a horizontal rhizome. The sword-shaped leaves can be 24 - 160cm long[ 308 Title Flora Zambesiaca Publication Author Website http://apps.kew.org/efloras/fz/intro.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent online flora of plants from the Zambezi River basin. It lists a number of the plant uses as well as the habitats and botanical descriptions of the plants. ]. The plant is sometimes harvested from the wild for local medicinal use. It is widely planted as an ornamental and cut flower in southern Africa[ 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. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeEast Africa - Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Swaziland, S. Africa.

HabitatMontane grassland in moist often peaty situations, and in central plateau grasslands in seasonally wet localities at streamsides, vlei and dambo margins, usually forming colonies, at elevations from 700 - 2,400 metres[ 308 Title Flora Zambesiaca Publication Author Website http://apps.kew.org/efloras/fz/intro.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent online flora of plants from the Zambezi River basin. It lists a number of the plant uses as well as the habitats and botanical descriptions of the plants. ].