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balsams
Impatiens
Impatiens is a genus of more than 1,000 species of flowering plants, widely distributed throughout the Northern Hemisphere and the tropics. Together with the genus Hydrocera (one species), Impatiens make up the family Balsaminaceae.
Common names in North America include impatiens, jewelweed, touch-me-not, snapweed and patience. As a rule-of-thumb, "jewelweed" is used exclusively for Nearctic species, and balsam is usually applied to tropical species. In the British Isles by far the most common names are impatiens and busy lizzie, especially for the many varieties, hybrids and cultivars involving Impatiens walleriana. "Busy lizzie" is also found in the American literature. Impatiens glandulifera is commonly called policeman's helmet in the UK, where it is an introduced species.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Impatiens subg. Impatiens
subgenusImpatiens
Himalayan balsam
speciesImpatiens glandulifera
New Guinea Impatiens
speciesImpatiens hawkeri
Kashmir Balsam
speciesImpatiens balfourii
Only Colored Balsam
speciesImpatiens uniflora
Impatiens hochstetteri
speciesImpatiens hochstetteri
pink orchid balsam
speciesImpatiens flaccida
Lesser Balsam
speciesImpatiens minor
Impatiens tricornis
speciesImpatiens tricornis
Impatiens devolii
speciesImpatiens devolii
Clavicarpa
subgenusClavicarpa
Yellow Kashmir Balsam
speciesImpatiens edgeworthii
Impatiens kinabaluensis
speciesImpatiens kinabaluensis
Rosy balsam
speciesImpatiens rosea
Transvaal balsam
speciesImpatiens sylvicola
Impatiens violiflora
speciesImpatiens violiflora
Marian's impatiens
speciesImpatiens marianae
Handsome Flowered Balsam
speciesImpatiens pulcherrima
Purple-throat balsam
speciesImpatiens lawii
Impatiens dasysperma
speciesImpatiens dasysperma
Impatiens tripetala
speciesImpatiens tripetala
Impatiens oncidioides
speciesImpatiens oncidioides
Impatiens oppositifolia
speciesImpatiens oppositifolia
Amphora Balsam
speciesImpatiens amphorata
Manchuria balsam
speciesImpatiens furcillata
Impatiens semounensis
speciesImpatiens semounensis
Ceylon Balsam
speciesImpatiens repens
Spotted Balsam
speciesImpatiens maculata
Impatiens leptopoda
speciesImpatiens leptopoda
Impatiens puberula
speciesImpatiens puberula
Impatiens dalzellii
speciesImpatiens dalzellii
Impatiens santisukii
speciesImpatiens santisukii
Orange Himalayan Balsam
speciesImpatiens pulchra
Impatiens gardneriana
speciesImpatiens gardneriana
Impatiens putii
speciesImpatiens putii
Impatiens longiloba
speciesImpatiens longiloba
Impatiens purpureoviolacea
speciesImpatiens purpureoviolacea
Impatiens cecilii
speciesImpatiens cecilii
Impatiens masonii
speciesImpatiens masonii
Impatiens zygosepala
speciesImpatiens zygosepala
Impatiens viscosa
speciesImpatiens viscosa
Idaho Jewelweed
speciesImpatiens aurella
Impatiens diversifolia
speciesImpatiens diversifolia
Impatiens bisaccata
speciesImpatiens bisaccata
Impatiens javensis
speciesImpatiens javensis
Impatiens bonii
speciesImpatiens bonii
Impatiens stenantha
speciesImpatiens stenantha
Impatiens charanii
speciesImpatiens charanii
Impatiens verticillata
speciesImpatiens verticillata
Bicolor Balsam
speciesImpatiens bicolor
Impatiens assurgens
speciesImpatiens assurgens
Impatiens gesneroidea
speciesImpatiens gesneroidea
Impatiens hypophylla
speciesImpatiens hypophylla
Impatiens exilis
speciesImpatiens exilis
Impatiens kanburiensis
speciesImpatiens kanburiensis
Impatiens punaensis
speciesImpatiens punaensis
Trimorphopetalum
subgenusTrimorphopetalum
Impatiens blepharosepala
speciesImpatiens blepharosepala
Shangri-La Balsam
speciesImpatiens chungtienensis
Impatiens compta
speciesImpatiens compta
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Introductio Generalis in Rem Herbariam
Augustus Quirinus Rivinus · 1690 · p.364
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.224
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.222
Stirpium adversaria nova
Matthias de Lobel · 1571 · p.157
Six Groups of the History of Plants
Rembert Dodoens · 1583 · p.669
Compendium of Materia Medica
李時珍 · 1596 · p.104
Sancai Tuhui (Vol. 106)
王圻, 王思義 · 1609 · p.48
Rare Asiatic Plants, Vol. 1
Nathaniel Wallich · 1830 · p.52
Complete Treatise on Agricultural Administration
Xu Guangqi · 1909 · p.675
In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 47889.