flame-flower

Definitions of flame-flower

1. noun

   a plant of the genus Kniphofia having long grasslike leaves and tall scapes of red or yellow drooping flowers
   synonyms: flame flower, flameflower, kniphofia, tritoma

   types:

   Kniphofia uvaria, poker plant

   clump-forming plant of South Africa with spikes of scarlet flowers

   Kniphofia praecox, red-hot poker

   widely cultivated hybrid poker plant

   type of:

   herb, herbaceous plant

   a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests
2. noun

   plant with fleshy roots and erect stems with narrow succulent leaves and one reddish-orange flower in each upper leaf axil; southwestern United States; Indians once cooked the fleshy roots
   synonyms: Talinum aurantiacum, flame flower, flameflower

   types:

   Talinum augustissimum, narrow-leaved flame flower

   similar to Talinum aurantiacum but with narrower leaves and yellow-orange flowers; southwestern United States

   Talinum brevifolium, pigmy talinum

   low plant with crowded narrow succulent leaves and fairly large deep pink axillary flowers that seem to sit on the ground; southwestern United States

   Talinum calycinum, rock pink

   pink-flowered perennial of rocky regions of western United States

   Talinum paniculatum, jewels-of-opar

   erect plant with tuberous roots and terminal panicles of red to yellow flowers; southwestern North America to Central America; widely introduced elsewhere

   Talinum spinescens, spiny talinum

   low cushion-forming plant with rose to crimson-magenta flowers and leaf midribs that persist as spines when the leaves die; southwestern United States

   type of:

   wild flower, wildflower

   wild or uncultivated flowering plant