Impatiens amplexicaulis Edgew.

Species

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Characteristics

Plants annual, 20-40 cm tall. Stem tetragonous with glands at nodes, glabrous, simple or few branched. Leaves opposite in lower part of stem, alternate in upper part of stem, sessile; leaf blade oblong or oblong-lanceolate, 5-15 × 2.5-5 cm, glabrous, lateral veins 9 or 10 pairs, base rounded or cordate, amplexicaul, with globose glands, margin crenate-serrate throughout, teeth mucronulate, apex acuminate. Inflorescences axillary, umbellate or racemose, 6-12-flowered. Pedicels 1-1.5 cm, apex swollen, bracteate at base; bracts ovate-lanceolate. Flowers pink or pink-purple. Lateral sepals 2, obliquely orbicular, rarely falcate. Lower sepal obliquely saccate, abruptly narrowed into an inflexed, short spur. Upper petal suborbicular, apex rostellate, abaxial midvein narrowly carinate; lateral united petals not clawed, 2-lobed; basal lobes suborbicular, apex acuminate; distal lobes spotted, ovate; auricle inflexed, narrow. Anthers obtuse. Capsule subcylindric. Seeds black-brown, obovoid. Fl. Jul-Aug, fr. Aug-Sep.
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An annual plant. It grows 20-40 cm tall. The stems are 4 sided. The leaves are opposite in the lower part of the stem and opposite in the upper part. They do not have leaf stalks. The leaves are oblong and 5-15 cm long by 3-5 cm wide. There are teeth along the edge. There are 6-13 flowers in a group in the axils of leaves. The flowers are pink or purple. The fruit is a capsule. The seeds are oval and black-brown.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.2 - 0.4
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Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
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JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
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Environment

It is a temperate plant. In Tibet it grows along roadsides between 2,900-3,200 m above sea level.
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Hardiness (USDA) 7-11

Usage

Uses -
Edible seeds
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 21 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 23
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Distribution

Impatiens amplexicaulis world distribution map, present in China, India, and Nepal

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:373953-1
WFO ID wfo-0001274700
COL ID 8R9CF
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Impatiens amplexicaulis