Impatiens dendricola

Impatiens dendricola is a herbaceous flowering plant in the family Balsaminaceae endemic to Western Ghats.[1]

Impatiens dendricola
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Balsaminaceae
Genus: Impatiens
Species:
I. dendricola
Binomial name
Impatiens dendricola
C.E.C.Fisch.

Description

It is an epiphytic, scapigerous, tuberous herb, growing up to 10 โ€“ 20 high. There are 4-5 radical leaves per tuber. Leaves are ovate, elliptic or lanceolate, hairy above, glabrous below with distinct midrib. Glabrous petioles are 1.5 โ€“ 7 cm long. Flowers are in 5โ€“18 cm long racemes. Each raceme has 2-10 flowers. White flowers have ovate bracts. Sickle shaped lateral sepals have deeply lobed base on anterior side. Ovate lips have sac like base. Wings are 3-lobed with a cluster of orange hairs a little above base. Distal lobes are streight, strap shaped and rounded. Median lobe - sub-circular, basal lobe - strap shaped and slightly widened at the tip. Strongly curved spur is club shaped.[2][3][4][1]

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