Asphodelaceae
Mandarin poker
Kniphofia triangularis
- Family
- Asphodelaceae
- Genus
- Kniphofia
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 三棱火把莲
- English
- Mandarin poker
Flowers
- In flower
- January to February (from 23 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Peter Warren, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Michael Wolf, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sunčana Bradley, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Michael Wolf, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Peripitus, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: desertnaturalist, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Peripitus, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.