Impatiens acaulis Arn.

 
  • Family : BALSAMINACEAE
  • Family (As per The Plant List) : Balsaminaceae
  • Species : Impatiens acaulis
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Impatiens acaulis Arn. (Unresolved name)
  • Collection Nos : KFP 13453, KFP 13501
  • Endemism : Western Ghats
  • Key identification features : A perennial scapigerous herv, root stock tuberous. Leaves all radical. Flowers pink, racemed. Sepals ovate, obtuse; lip saccate, with a very long incurved spur. Wings 2-lobed, the terminal lobe the largest. Capsule eliipsoid, acute at both ends
  • Habit : Herb
  • Native : India
  • Comments : Very beautiful balsam; grows on vertical surfaces of dripping rocks during monsoon
  • Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
  • Distribution Locality : Mysore, Shimoga, Udupi; Dakshina Kannada
  • Floras referred : Saldanha, 1996; Gowda, 2004 - Sringeri; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Udupi; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara

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