Impatiens loulanensis Hook.F.

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Balsaminaceae > Impatiens

Characteristics

Plants annual, 50-80 cm tall. Stem erect, robust, branched in upper part, sparsely glandular hairy or glabrous. Leaves alternate; petiole 2-5 cm; leaf blade ovate-oblong or ovate-lanceolate, 7-18 × 2.5-5 cm, lateral veins 6-8 pairs, base cuneate, margin coarsely crenate or crenulate, apex acuminate. Inflorescences axillary; racemose, 5-13-flowered; peduncles 6-10 cm. Pedicels slender, bracteate at base; bracts ovate, apex glandular-aristate. Flowers yellow. Lateral sepals 2, broadly ovate, apex glandular-aristate. Lower sepal funnelform, narrowed into a curved, long spur. Upper petal orbicular, apex mucronulate, abaxial midvein carinate; lateral united petals ± clawed, 2-lobed; basal lobes suborbicular; distal lobes narrowly lanceolate. Anthers obtuse. Capsule linear. Fl. Aug-Sep.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.5 - 0.8
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Flower color
Blooming months
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Environment

Light -
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-10

Usage

Uses medicinal
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 loulanensis world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:103746-1
WFO ID wfo-0001274616
COL ID 3PK2B
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Impatiens loulanensis