Impatiens medogensis Y.L.Chen

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Balsaminaceae > Impatiens

Characteristics

Plants annual, 5-20 cm. Stem procumbent or ascending, slender, lower nodes dilated, with fibrous roots, simple, rarely branched, glabrous. Leaves alternate; petiole 3-25 mm, with fibrous glands at base; leaf blade greenish abaxially, green adaxially, ovate or elliptic-ovate, 2-3.5(-5) × 1-3 cm, membranous, setose between teeth, lateral veins 5 pairs, base cuneate, margin coarsely crenate, apex obtuse or slightly acute. Inflorescences in upper leaf axils, 1-or 2(or 3)-flowered; peduncles shorter than leaves, slender. Bracts caducous, ovate-lanceolate, small, ca. 2 mm. Flowers pink, 1.5-2 cm deep. Lateral sepals 2, ovate, ca. 2 mm, apex mucronulate. Lower sepal narrowly funnelform, gradually narrowed into an incurved spur; mouth oblique, tip rostellate. Upper petal suborbicular, ca. 6 mm in diam., apex mucronulate, abaxial midvein narrowly carinate; lateral united petals not clawed, 2-lobed; basal lobes suborbicular, small; distal lobes dolabriform; auricle narrow, inflexed. Anthers obtuse. Ovary fusiform. Capsule unknown. Fl. Jul-Aug.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.05 - 0.2
Root system fibrous-root
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months
JanFebMar
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JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity -
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Soil acidity -
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Hardiness (USDA) -

Usage

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

Cultivation

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

Distribution

Impatiens medogensis world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:103772-1
WFO ID wfo-0001142015
COL ID 3PK4L
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Impatiens medogensis