Impatiens gardneriana Wight

 
  • Family : BALSAMINACEAE
  • Family (As per The Plant List) : Balsaminaceae
  • Species : Impatiens gardneriana
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Impatiens gardneriana Wight (Unresolved name)
  • Collection Nos : Meebold 10712 (K), KFP 9649, KFP 12203
  • Endemism : Western Ghats
  • Key identification features : Annual herb; stems procumbent at base. Leaves serrate and long-glandular-ciliate. Corolla bright red or purple; wings subequally 2-lobed. Capsule oblong, glabrous. Seeds hairy.
  • Habit : Herb
  • Native : India
  • Comments : Usually under the canopy of huge trees but also occurs in open plains; often grows in association with I.dasysperma, 500 - 1000 m.
  • Conservation Status : Endangered (EN)
  • Distribution Locality : Chikamagalur, Hassan, Shimoga, Udupi, Dashina Kannada
  • Floras referred : Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Hassan; Saldanha, 1996; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara; Janarthanam & Dessai, 2011-Rheedea, Vol. 21(1) 23-80.

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