Rough-Leaved Spurless Balsam
Impatiens scabriuscula var. rosea
- Habit
- Herb
- Native to
- India
- Flowering
- September-October
How to identify Rough-Leaved Spurless Balsam
Identify Rough-Leaved Spurless 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.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Rough-textured leaves.
- Confirm leaf arrangement: Alternate.
- Confirm leaf surface: Hirsute (coarsely hairy).
- Confirm flower colour: Pink.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: September-October.
- Confirm it sits within the Balsaminaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Rough-Leaved Spurless Balsam.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Impatiens scabriuscula var. rosea
- Genus
- Impatiens
- Family
- Balsaminaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- On rocks having soil pockets and forms a patch of its own with mosses
- Habitat type
- Rocky
- Native to
- India
- Distribution
- India
- Flowering & fruiting
- September-October
- Conservation status
- Critically Endangered
Leaf characters
- Leaf arrangement
- AlternaterecordedOne leaf per node, arranged in a spiral or zigzag up the stem.
- Leaf surface
- Hirsute (coarsely hairy)recorded
Typical of the family
Characters marked “recorded” are for Rough-Leaved Spurless Balsam itself; the rest are typical of the Balsaminaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Pinkrecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Solitary
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Rough-Leaved Spurless Balsam itself; the rest are typical of the Balsaminaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Rough-Leaved Spurless Balsam
Rough-Leaved Spurless Balsam (Impatiens scabriuscula var. rosea) is a herb in the Balsaminaceae family. It is native to India. It grows in on rocks having soil pockets and forms a patch of its own with mosses. Flowering and fruiting run from September to October.
Balsaminaceae
Balsam/Touch-me-not family
Rough-Leaved Spurless Balsam belongs to the Balsaminaceae family.
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