Impatiens spp.
| Family: | BALSAMINACEAE |
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| Sub-Family: | Not available | ||||
| English Name: | Impatiens | ||||
| Synonym: | Not available | ||||
| Common Name: | Not available | ||||
| Flowering & Fruiting Period: | Spring to Summer | ||||
| Distribution: | Tropical and sub-tropical regions | ||||
| Habitat: | Grown as garden plant and also seen in wild | ||||
| Uses: | Ornamental garden plant | ||||
| Key Characteristics: | It is a floweringherbaceousperennial plant, with broadlanceolateleaves. Leaves are mostlyalternate. The changeable, simple leaves are stalked. The leaf blade isovateto broadly elliptic, sometimes obovate, green and sometimes spotted or pink or reddish on the underside. The hermaphroditic,zygomorphicflowersare profusely borne, with five. The seedpod explodes when ripe in the same manner as otherImpatiensspecies, an evolutionary adaptation forseed dispersal. The lower sepals are slightly boat-shaped, thread-like curved, but not curved back spur. The stems are semi-succulent, and all parts of the plant (leaves, stems, flowers, roots) are soft and easily damaged.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impatiens_walleriana" \l "cite_note-RHSAZ-4 | ||||