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Impatiens pallidiflora
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Family:
BALSAMINACEAE
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Citation: Impatiens pallidiflora Hook.f., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1911: 354. 1911; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 141(100). 1915; Bhaskar & Razi, Indian J. For. 1: 73. 1978; Vivek. et al. in Hajra et al., Fl. India 4: 188. 1997; N.C. Rathakr. et al. in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 553. 2005.
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Description:
Slender herb, 30-50 cm high; stems branched, often pubescent. Leaves opposite, short-petioled, oblong or linear-oblong, truncate or rounded at base, entire or minutely spinulose-serrulate at margin, acute or acuminate at apex, 3-5 cm long, glabrous or pubescent above, almost glaucous beneath. Flowers in fascicles, ca 2 cm across, rose or pink turning yellow when dry. Lateral sepals linear, 6-7 mm long. Lip cymbiform, acute; spur subequal to limb of lip or longer. Standard orbicular with an obscure dorsal keel, short. Wings ca 1.5 cm long, clawed; basal lobe almost absent; distal lobe dolabriform; dorsal auricle present. Capsule not known.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
June-July
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District(s):
Idukki
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grassy slopes
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Distribution:
Southern Western Ghats (Kerala)
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Rose, Violet
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
Kerala
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IUCN status:
Endangered (EN)
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Altitude:
-2100
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Localities:
Munnar
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