Impatiens polyceras Hook.F. ex W.W.Sm.

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Balsaminaceae > Impatiens

Characteristics

Plants 30-70 cm tall, glabrous. Stem erect, stout in lower part, branched, stem and branches sparsely glandular. Leaves alternate; petiole to 1 cm, winged; leaf blade gray abaxially, ovate-lanceolate, 5-7 × 2-3 cm, thinly membranous, setose between teeth, lateral veins 5-7 pairs, base broadly cuneate, margin crenate, apex acuminate. Inflorescences many flowered; peduncles erect, nearly as long as upper leaves, slender. Pedicels fibrous, 1-1.5 cm, bracteate at base; bracts lanceolate, 2-3 mm, apex glandular aristate. Flowers orange, small. Lateral sepals 2, obliquely lanceolate, 3-4.5 mm, apex glandular aristate. Lower sepal navicular, limb to 2.5 cm deep, narrowed into an incurved spur longer than limb; mouth oblique, 6-8 mm, tip cuspidate. Upper petal orbicular or oblate, ca. 6 mm in diam., abaxial midvein conspicuously carinate; lateral united petals not clawed, 1-2 cm, 2-lobed; basal lobes suborbicular; distal lobes dolabriform, longer, apex obtuse. Filaments ca. 2 mm; anthers obtuse. Ovary linear. Seeds few, brown, obovoid, ca. 2.5 mm, tuberculate. Fl. and fr. Jul-Aug.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.3 - 0.7
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Cultivation

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

Impatiens polyceras world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:103875-1
WFO ID wfo-0001142013
COL ID 3PKB3
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Synonyms

Impatiens polyceras