a plant of the genus Kniphofia having long grasslike leaves and tall scapes of red or yellow drooping flowers

[ Syn: kniphofia , tritoma , flame flower , flame-flower ]

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

[ Syn: flame flower , flame-flower , talinum aurantiacum ]