| Free-Flowering Balsam |
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| Original date | 10/14/09 11:20 AM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
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| Focal length | 6.4mm |
| Exposure time | 1/100s |
| Aperture | 3.2 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon PowerShot A2000 IS |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Impatiens floribunda Family: Balsaminaceae (Balsam family)
Synonyms: Impatiens flaccida sensu Hook. f.
Synonyms: Impatiens flaccida sensu Hook. f.
Free-Flowering Balsam is an erect or prostrate herb
up to 70 cm tall, with stems branched, green. Flowers are borne singly
or in fascicles, purple, flower-stalks up to 2.5 cm long. Lateral
sepals are small, ovate. Lip is boat-shaped, spur slender, straight,
wings bilobed. Leaves are alternate or opposite, rarely whorled,
elliptic-lanceshaped, caudate-tapering at tip, 2-10 x 1.2-1.4 cm,
sawtoothed or rounded toothed-sawtoothed along margins, apiculate from
tip. of teeth, glaucous beneath; leaf-stalks 1.5-3.5 cm long with
stipitate glands. Seeds are spherical. Free-Flowering Balsam is endemic
to Southern W. Ghats, at altitudes of 1800-2100 m, found generally in
Tamil Nadu and Kerala.
Flowering: July-November.
| Identification credit: Shrishail Kulloli | Photographed in Kerala. |
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