Dalzell's Yellow Balsam
Impatiens dalzellii
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Maharashtra
- Flowering
- August-October
How to identify Dalzell's Yellow Balsam
Identify Dalzell's Yellow Balsam by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a herb habit.
- Confirm leaf arrangement: Alternate.
- Confirm leaf surface: Glabrous (smooth, hairless).
- Confirm flower colour: Yellow.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: August-October.
- In India, compare location records such as Maharashtra.
- Confirm it sits within the Balsaminaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Dalzell's Yellow Balsam.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Impatiens dalzellii
- Genus
- Impatiens
- Family
- Balsaminaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Rocky crevices
- Habitat type
- Rocky
- Found in India
- Maharashtra
- Flowering & fruiting
- August-October
Leaf characters
- Leaf arrangement
- AlternaterecordedOne leaf per node, arranged in a spiral or zigzag up the stem.
- Leaf surface
- Glabrous (smooth, hairless)recorded
Typical of the family
Characters marked “recorded” are for Dalzell's Yellow Balsam itself; the rest are typical of the Balsaminaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Yellowrecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Solitary
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Dalzell's Yellow Balsam itself; the rest are typical of the Balsaminaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Marathi
- पिवळा तेरडा
About Dalzell's Yellow Balsam
Dalzell's Yellow Balsam (Impatiens dalzellii) is a herb in the Balsaminaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Maharashtra. It grows in rocky crevices. Flowering and fruiting run from August to October.
Balsaminaceae
Balsam/Touch-me-not family
Dalzell's Yellow Balsam belongs to the Balsaminaceae family.
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