Impatiens toxophora Hook.F.

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Balsaminaceae > Impatiens

Characteristics

Plants annual, ca. 60 cm tall, glabrous. Stem erect, branched in lower part; branches and branchlets erect. Leaves alternate; petiole 1-3 cm; leaf blade ovate, 4-7 × 3-3.5 cm, lateral veins 6 or 7 pairs, fine, base cuneate, attenuate into petiole, margin crenate or crenulate, teeth mucronulate, apex acute or acuminate. Inflorescences 1-3-flowered; peduncles very short. Pedicels short, bracteate at middle; bracts ovate, apex long mucronulate. Flowers ?white, small. Lateral sepals 2, broadly ovate-cordate, ca. 1 cm wide, membranous, apex acuminate, abaxial midvein cristate. Lower sepal funnelform or subsaccate, narrowed into a 2-lobed, long spur; mouth subvertical, ca. 1.5 cm. Upper petal orbicular, 1-1.5 cm, apex long aristate, abaxial midvein broadly cristate; lateral united petals 1.2-2.5 cm, long and broadly clawed, 2-lobed; basal lobes ovate, small, with a filamentous long hair; distal lobes narrowly or broadly dolabriform, very large, apex with long filamentous hairs; abaxial auricle inflexed. Filaments short, broad; anthers obtuse. Ovary erect, fusiform. Fl. Sep.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
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Mature height (meter) 0.6
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Flower color
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Environment

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Usage

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Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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

Impatiens toxophora world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:104000-1
WFO ID wfo-0001274828
COL ID 3PKL3
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Impatiens toxophora