Impatiens stocksii | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Ericales |
Family: | Balsaminaceae |
Genus: | Impatiens |
Species: | I. stocksii
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Binomial name | |
Impatiens stocksii Hook.f. & Thomson
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Impatiens stocksii is a species of flowering plant in the family Balsaminaceae. It is endemic to the Western Ghats. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
It is an epiphytic, scapigerous, tuberous herb, growing up to 15 cm high. There are 2-5 leaves per tuber. Broadly ovate radical leaves are crenate at marigins, pubescent above and glabrous below. 2-7 flowered Inflorescence is 3 – 8.5 cm long racemose scape. White fowers are 1 – 1.5 cm across with ovate glabrous light green bracts. Lateral sepals are ovate, acute at apex and light green. White standard petal is suborbicular, forming a small sac-like structure at base. Wing petals white with a tuft of yellow hairs at base of mid-lobe. It is three lobed with mid-lobe broader than distal and basal lobes.White lip is saccate, deep and acute at apex, has a yellow spot. Spur is absent. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Southern Western Ghats
It grows as an epiphyte in evergreen forests