Impatiens holocentra Hand.-mazz.

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Balsaminaceae > Impatiens

Characteristics

Plants annual, 30-50 cm tall. Leaves alternate, often crowded at apices of stem and branches; petiole 1-2.5 cm; leaf blade oblong-ovate or oblong-lanceolate, 5-17 × 2.5-4 cm, setose between teeth, lateral veins 7-11 pairs, base cuneate, margin coarsely crenate, apex caudate-acuminate. Inflorescences axillary, racemose, 4-6-flowered; peduncles 6-8 cm. Pedicels 2-2.5 cm, bracteate at middle; bracts caducous, linear. Flowers yellow, small. Lateral sepals 4; outer 2: broadly ovate, apex acute; inner 2: linear, minute. Lower sepal narrowly funnelform, narrowed into an erect, slender spur; mouth tip rostellate. Upper petal obovate, apex mucronulate, abaxial midvein not carinate; lateral united petals ± clawed, 2-lobed; basal lobes triangular, apex acuminate; distal lobes lanceolate, longer; auricle small. Anthers obtuse. Capsule linear. Fl. and fr. Jul-Oct.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.3 - 0.5
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
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Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light -
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Hardiness (USDA) 7-12

Usage

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

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 21 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 23
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
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Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Productivity -

Distribution

Impatiens holocentra world distribution map, present in China and Myanmar

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:103658-1
WFO ID wfo-0001259194
COL ID 6N5XL
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Impatiens holocentra