I-"Kniphofia praecox" igama lesayensi noma lesayensi yezitshalo lohlobo lwesitshalo esiqhakaza emndenini we-Asphodelaceae. Eyaziwa kakhulu ngokuthi "i-red-hot poker" noma "i-torch lily," i-Kniphofia praecox iyisitshalo esihlala isikhathi eside eNingizimu Afrika.Igama elithi "Kniphofia" liqanjwe ngo-Johann Hieronymus Kniphof, wangekhulunyaka le-18. Udokotela kanye nesazi sezitshalo saseJalimane, kuyilapho elithi "praecox" lisho "ngaphambi kwesikhathi" ngesiLatini, cishe libhekisela esikhathini sokuqala sokuqhakaza kwesitshalo endaweni yaso yendabuko.