Impatiens labordei Hook.F.

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Balsaminaceae > Impatiens

Characteristics

Plants 20-30 cm tall, slender, glabrous. Stem erect, simple, basally long naked. Leaves alternate; petiole 1.5-2.5 cm; leaf blade ovate, 3-5 × 2-2.5 cm, lateral veins 5 or 6 pairs, base cuneate, attenuate into petiole, margin serrulate, teeth mucronulate, apex acuminate. Inflorescences in upper leaf axils, 1-flowered; peduncles 2-3 cm. Pedicels bracteate above middle; bracts linear-lanceolate, small, ca. 1.2 mm. Flowers yellow, ca. 1.5 cm wide. Lateral sepals 2, ovate or obliquely obovate-orbicular, 4-5 mm, inequilateral, 3-veined, apex cuspidate. Lower sepal navicular, ca. 1.1 cm deep, gradually narrowed into an incurved, then erect spur; spur ca. 2 cm, stout; mouth vertical, tip obtuse, mucronulate. Upper petal orbicular, ca. 1 cm in diam., apex retuse, abaxial midvein obtusely cornute below middle. Filaments linear; anthers acute. Capsule flexuose. Seeds 2, oblong, ca. 3 mm, tuberculate on one side. Fl. and fr. unknown.
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 - 0.3
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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

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

Impatiens labordei world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:103707-1
WFO ID wfo-0001274753
COL ID 3PJXS
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Impatiens labordei