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Volume IV (1988) - Flora of New Zealand Naturalised Pteridophytes, Gymnosperms, Dicotyledons
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Impatiens L.

IMPATIENS L.

Lateral petals (wings) united and corolla apparently 3-petalled. Fr. an oblong to linear, succulent capsule opening explosively.

Key

1
Subshrub with many stems; petals ± in 1 plane
2. *sodenii
Annuals, usually with a single stem; petals not in 1 plane, at least some bent
2
2
Fls in diffuse cymes towards ends of lateral branches; corolla always single; capsule glabrous
1. *glandulifera
Fls in lf axils along main stems; corolla usually double; capsule densely hairy
*balsamina ζ

c. 500 spp., mainly tropical and subtropical, a few N. temperate. Naturalised spp. 3.

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