Impatiens scapiflora Heyne ex Roxb.

 
  • Family : BALSAMINACEAE
  • Family (As per The Plant List) : Balsaminaceae
  • Species : Impatiens scapiflora
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Unresolved name
  • Collection Nos : KFP 11973, KFP 12189
  • Endemism : Western Ghats
  • Key identification features : Small annual herbs. Leaves orbicular-ovate, glabrous with entire margin. Flowers are in scape, pink in colour; wing petal 3-lobed.
  • Habit : Herb
  • Native : India
  • Comments : Tree trunks or terrestrial amidst grasses and mosses and also in moist rocky localities. Chromosome No.: 2n=20 (Krishnaswamy et al.,1969); 2n=12 (Bhaskar, 1976); 2n=14, 16, 20 (Bhaskar, 1980).
  • Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
  • Distribution Locality : Chikamagalur, Dakshina Kannada, Hassan, Kodagu, Mysore, Shimoga, Uttara Kannada, Udupi, Dakshina Kannada
  • Floras referred : Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Hassan; Saldanha, 1996; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara; Gowda, 2004 - Sringeri; Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore; Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Coorg; Janarthanam & Dessai, 2011-Rheedea, Vol. 21(1) 23-80.

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