Impatiens maculata

Impatiens maculata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Embryophytes
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Balsaminaceae
Genus:	Impatiens
Species:	I. maculata
Binomial name
	Impatiens maculata; Wight

Impatiens maculata is a species of balsam endemic to the southern Western Ghats of India. The low herb grows to a maximum height of a metre and is usually found on wet soils in stream edges and sholas^[1] between 700 and 1000 m above sea level in small groups. The pink flowers are produced in a pair or a cluster and the spur is about 3 to 5 cm long. The plants sprout after the first rains in June and begin to flower from July to October and sometimes until December. A few individuals flower out of the season. They are pollinated mainly by bees of the genera Apis and Tetragonula.^[2]

References

↑ S Jeevith; Arigela, Ravi Kiran; Rajeev Kumar Singh; K Althaf Ahamed Kabeer; C Rajasekar; C Kunhikannan (2022-07-26). "The checklist of Impatiens Riv. ex L. (Balsaminaceae) in Nilgiri and Palani Hills of southern Western Ghats (India)". Annales Universitatis Paedagogicae Cracoviensis Studia Naturae: 9–22. doi:10.24917/25438832.7.1. ISSN 2545-0999.
↑ Sreekala, A.K.; Kulloli, S.K. (2014). "Pollination ecology of Impatiens maculata Wight - an endemic balsam of Southern Western Ghats". Advances in pollen spore research. 32: 1–13.

[1] S Jeevith; Arigela, Ravi Kiran; Rajeev Kumar Singh; K Althaf Ahamed Kabeer; C Rajasekar; C Kunhikannan (2022-07-26). "The checklist of Impatiens Riv. ex L. (Balsaminaceae) in Nilgiri and Palani Hills of southern Western Ghats (India)". Annales Universitatis Paedagogicae Cracoviensis Studia Naturae: 9–22. doi:10.24917/25438832.7.1. ISSN 2545-0999.

[2] Sreekala, A.K.; Kulloli, S.K. (2014). "Pollination ecology of Impatiens maculata Wight - an endemic balsam of Southern Western Ghats". Advances in pollen spore research. 32: 1–13.

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