Impatiens wightiana

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Impatiens wightiana Bedd., Madras J. Lit. Sci. ser. 2, 20:67. 1858 ;

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Erect glabrous herbs. Leaves elliptic-lanceolate, acuminate, base rounded or obtuse, margins serrate or crenate, to 15 x 5 cm; petiole to 7 cm long with a few stipitate glands below the lamina. Racemes 10-15 cm long; flowers 2 cm long, white with pink shade. Sepals small. Standard orbicular, apiculate. Lip funnel shaped, spur short, incurved.

Flowering and fruiting: June-September

Evergreen and shola forests

Endemic to Southern Western Ghats

(Ref. India Biodiversity Portal - Attribution- Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi);

[efloraofindia:148398] Balsaminaceae, Geraniaceae and Oxalidaceae Week: ESSK 07: BALSAMINACEAE: Impatiens wightiana from Kerala : 1 image. 5 posts by 5 authors.

Impatiens wightiana from Kerala, Munnar.

Very beautiful! Thanks ... for sharing yet another endemic beauty...

References:

GRIN India Biodiversity Portal The Madras journal of literature and science - Page 67 (Description)

IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants: 1997 edited by Kerry Scot Walter, Harriet J. Gillett

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