CHR 515678 – Impatiens balsamina L.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 515678
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
02 October 1998
Database record updated:
19 November 2004
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Impatiens balsamina
Determiner:
WRS [Sykes WR]
Identification date:
1998-04-23 (Verbatim: 23 4 98)
Preferred name:
Impatiens balsamina L.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Geraniales
Family:
Balsaminaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Tongatapu, Vai Tonga, Cemetery
Verbatim locality:
Tongatapu, Vai Tonga, Cemetery
Verbatim collector:
WR Sykes 1016/T
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
15 11 97
Start date:
1997-11-15
Country:
Tonga
Habitat:
Margin of mown grass, in rank herb growth.
Notes:
Erect herbs from 20-50cm high; stems simple and translucent succulent. Leaves very thin. Flowers on curving down pedicels, red or occasionally green (white-flowered plants). Corolla c. 3 x 3cm, apricot, rose-magenta or white (occasionally), very irregular, with its shield-like upper lip and 2 lobes and with flattened wide, irregular lateral petals. Corolla spur 1.7-1.9cm long, very slender.
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