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Impatiens capensis

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Name

Identification
Impatiens capensis Meerb. [family BALSAMINACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Elizabeth Fortson Wells,
Related name
  • Impatiens pacifica
  • Impatiens mannii
  • Impatiens hochstetteri
  • Impatiens indet.
  • Impatiens firmula
  • Impatiens sylvicola
  • Impatiens capensis

Flora

Entry for IMPATIENS capensis Thunb. [family BALSAMINACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 1, page 311, (1894) Author: (By W. SONDER.)
Names
IMPATIENS capensis Thunb. [family BALSAMINACEAE], Prod. p. 41;—Fl. Cap. p. 187.
Balsamina capensis DC. [family ], Prod. 1. p. 686.
Information
leaves alternate, petiolate, ovate, acuminate at each end, with piliferous crenatures; peduncles axillary, solitary, capillary; spur longer than the flower. Stem herbaceous, weak, erect, fleshy, glabrous, simple, 1 foot high. Leaves 1 1/2–3 inches long, 1–2 inches wide, narrowed into a sparingly piliferous petiole, with an obtuse acumination and piliferous crenatures, penni-nerved, glabrous or thinly hairy. Flowers from the axils of the upper leaves; the peduncles 1–2 inches long. Corolla 1/2 inch long, shorter than the slender spur, pale rosy.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA River banks in woods, in George, Uitenhage, at the Kat River, the Bosch-rivier, and on to Port Natal, Thunberg, E. & Z.! Drege! Krauss, Gueinzius. Oct.-Mar. (Herb. Sond., T.C.D., Hook.).

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