Impatiens apsotis Hook.F.

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Balsaminaceae > Impatiens

Characteristics

Plants annual, 10-30 cm tall, glabrous. Stem slender, simple or shortly branched. Leaves alternate; petiole 1-5 cm, slender; leaf blade ovate, 3-5 × 1.5-2.5 cm, thinly membranous, without basal glands, lateral veins 4 or 5 pairs, base cuneate or truncate, margin coarsely crenate, teeth obtuse or emarginate, mucronulate, apex acuminate or slightly acute. Inflorescences axillary, 1-or 2-flowered; peduncles shorter or longer than petioles. Pedicels ca. 1 cm, bracteate at middle; bracts ovate-lanceolate. Flowers white, small, ca. 1 cm in diam. Lateral sepals 2, green, linear, apex acute, abaxial midvein carinate, apex acute. Lower sepal navicular, gradually narrowed into an incurved spur ca. as long as limb. Upper petal broadly elliptic, 4-5 mm, cucullate, apex acute, abaxial midvein thickened, broadly carinate; lateral united petals clawed, 2-lobed; basal lobes ovate, apex acute; distal lobes dolabriform, ca. 3 × as long as basal lobes, apex obtuse; auricle inflexed, reniform. Anthers small, obtuse. Capsule linear, 3-3.5 cm. Seeds 3-5, elliptic, smooth. Fl. Jun-Sep.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.1 - 0.3
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Flower color
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OctNovDec
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Environment

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Hardiness (USDA) 6-10

Usage

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Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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

Impatiens apsotis world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:103460-1
WFO ID wfo-0001274813
COL ID 6N6H8
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Impatiens apsotis