Impatiens lawii Hook.f. & Thomson, J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 4: 122 1860.; 

 

im-PAY-shuns -- impatient; referring to the seed pod's habit of bursting open ... Dave's Botanary
LAW-ee-eye -- named in honour of J. S. Law, ICS and botanist

commonly known as: Law's balsam • Marathi: जांभळा तेरडा jambhla terda

Endemic to: n & c Western Ghats (India)  

 

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Kaas;

Family of the week: BALSAMINACEAE - indiantreepix | Google Groups

Albinos - indiantreepix | Google Groups

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William Wordsworth:   

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Looks better than Van Gogh painting. 

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This reminds me of wild flower meadow in the Texas prairie... pink bottle brush...
although the plants cant be seen individually here to discern each..... 

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Would like to visit Kaas during flowering season. Btw...what are these tiny herbs?

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You all may thank the almighty who created this landscape, the greatest of the poets and unknown photographer who sent it to me for ID. I am just the editor. For those who do not know, this is from Kaas, a lateritic plateau 130 km south of Pune and the plant is Impatiens lawii Hook. f. & Thomson. The plateau wears a hue of single
colour (blue, white, pink, yellow, purple) every week formed by different plants like Eriocaulon, Utricularia, Smithia, Pleocaulus etc. The peak season is NOW, and may not last untill you plan a visit and manage to reach here. Good luck next year.

This has to be Impatiens lawii only.

Kas Week :: DV :: 28 SEP 08 - 0147 :: Impatiens lawii:   Kas plateau ... about 4000 ft asl
... one of the 39 World Heritage sites in the Western Ghats of India 

28 SEP 08 and 25 AUG 10
Impatiens lawii Hook.f. & Thomson ... (family: Balsaminaceae) 

im-PAY-shuns -- impatient; referring to the seed pod's habit of bursting open ... Dave's Botanary
LAW-ee-eye -- named in honour of J. S. Law, ICS and botanist
commonly known as: Law's balsam • Marathi: जांभळा तेरडा jambhla terda
Endemic to: n & c Western Ghats (India)
Reference: Flowers of India • Flowers of Sahyadri by Shrikant Ingalhalikar

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Kas Week :: DV :: 28 SEP 08 - 0111 :: Impatiens lawii ... occasionally white-coloured:  Kas plateau ... about 4000 ft asl
... one of the 39 World Heritage sites in the Western Ghats of India 

28 SEP 08
Impatiens lawii Hook.f. & Thomson ... (family: Balsaminaceae) 

im-PAY-shuns -- impatient; referring to the seed pod's habit of bursting open ... Dave's Botanary
LAW-ee-eye -- named in honour of J. S. Law, ICS and botanist
commonly known as: Law's balsam • Marathi: जांभळा तेरडा jambhla terda
Endemic to: n & c Western Ghats (India)
Reference: Flowers of India • Flowers of Sahyadri by Shrikant Ingalhalikar 

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Kas week : Impatiens lawii SMP:  Impatiens lawii
Most common species of a flowering plant on the plateau when Karvi is not flowering.

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... purple sea !

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This is what gives the typical KAS scenery pic its hue...

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KAS Week DS_041012_01 Impatiens tomentosa:  So many Impatiens of variety colours - pink, majenta , covering the ground like velvet carpet.
All attached pics are of pink Impatience, hope all are of same species. Please confirm.

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I think most of them are Impatiens oppositifolia. The last one may be Impatiens lawii.

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... the second-last photo is a closer shot of the last view, and shows leaves too - Impatiens lawii.
The first three photos could be one among Impatiens oppositifolia OR tomentosa.

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I agree with you. Seems we have to spend more time with Impatiens next time to catch proper characters!

Balsaminaceae
Impatiens lawii Hook. f. & Thomson  

im-PAY-shuns -- impatient; referring to the seed pod's habit of bursting open ... Dave's Botanary
LAW-ee-eye -- named in honour of J. S. Law, ICS and botanist
commonly known as: Law's balsam • Marathi: जांभळा तेरडा jambhla terda
Endemic to: n & c Western Ghats (India)
Reference: Flowers of India • Flowers of Sahyadri by Shrikant Ingalhalikar  

 

Variation in colour of Impatiens lawii seen at Kas.
Impatiens lawii in white colour.

Albino?

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[efloraofindia:149137]Balsaminaceae, Geraniaceae and Oxalidaceae Week ::AK 06 :: Impatians lawii : 5 images. 2 posts by 2 authors.

 

Satara, Oct 2014 :: Requesting ID - Impatiens04 :: ARKNOV-33 : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (4)

Requesting to please provide ID of this Impatiens captured near Satara, Maharashtra in October 2014.

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It is Impatiens lawii.

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Satara, Oct 2014 :: Requesting ID - Impatiens03:: ARKNOV-33 : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (7) 

Flower for Id-ID26102015SH3 : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1)

Old picture of flower for Id pl.
Location - Kaas Plateau
Date- 13.09.2009
Habitat -Wild

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impatiens lawii i think

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third week of October 2016

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References:

The Plant List  Flowers of India  GRIN  IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants: 1997 By Kerry Scot Walter, Harriet J. Gillet  Dinesh Valke’s Flickr Post  plantlust Plant Systematics