Impatiens balsamina, L.
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6. I. balsamina L. View in CoL , Sp. Pl. 938 (1753).
Pubescent or glabrous annual 10-60 cm; stemssimple. Leaves 5-12 x 1 -2- 5 cm, alternate, elliptical to lanceolate-ovate; base cuneate, decurrent on petiole; apex acute to acuminate; margin serrate; teeth 15-20 on each side. Flowers 1 (—3) in leaf-axils, 1-2-5 cm, pinkish to purplish or white; pedicels 1-2 cm; sepal-sac 3-5 x 8-12 mm, wider than long, abruptly contracted to spur; spur 4-10 mm, curved, often absent. Capsule 0-8- 1 - 3 cm, ellipsoid, pubescent. Widely cultivated in gardens, and occasionally naturalized. [Au Cz Ga?Ju.] (5. & E. Asia.)
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Impatiens balsamina
| Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A. 1981 |
I. balsamina
| L. 1753: 938 |