About Tiny Balsam
Tiny Balsam (Impatiens inconspicua) is a herb belonging to the Balsaminaceae family (Balsam/Touch-me-not family). Members of this family are generally characterised by alternate/whorled simple leaves, cymose/raceme flower clusters, explosive capsule fruit. It is typically found in grasslands key identification features : erect herb. leaves variable, lower petioled, upper sessile. flowers pink, small, 2-3-flowered. sepals linear-subulate, not spurred. wings with a broad rhomboid-obovate terminal lobe and a small linear lateral one. capsule glabrous, ellipsoid. Flowering and fruiting are typically seen during September-December.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Impatiens inconspicua
- Genus
- Impatiens
- Family
- BALSAMINACEAE
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Grasslands Key identification features : Erect herb. Leaves variable, lower petioled, upper sessile. Flowers pink, small, 2-3-flowered. Sepals linear-subulate, not spurred. Wings with a broad rhomboid-obovate terminal lobe and a small linear lateral one. Capsule glabrous, ellipsoid
- Flowering & fruiting
- September-December
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Balsaminaceae
Balsam/Touch-me-not family
Tiny Balsam belongs to the Balsaminaceae family.
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