Impatiens oreocallis
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Photo: Bart Wursten
On slopes below main Mt Namuli peak, Mozambique.
Photo: Bart Wursten
On slopes below main Mt Namuli peak, Mozambique.
Photo: Bart Wursten
On slopes below main Mt Namuli peak, Mozambique.
Photo: Bart Wursten
On slopes below main Mt Namuli peak, Mozambique.
Photo: Ton Rulkens
Mt Ribaue.
Photo: Ton Rulkens
Mt Ribaue.
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| Synonyms: |
Impatiens psychantha Launert Impatiens zombensis Baker var. micrantha Brenan |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Sparsely-branched, more or less erect annual herb, up to c. 50 cm tall. Leaves mostly spirally arranged, sometimes apparently whorled near the top of the stems, subsessile, ovate-lanceolate to elliptic, 2-10 long, hairless or sparsely pubescent on both surfaces; margin with purple-red teeth, often fimbriate near the base. Flowers solitary or in few-flowered clusters, pink or purplish. Spur on the lower sepal 16-35 mm long, filiform, slightly thickened at the tip; dorsal petal, c. 9 × 12 mm, more or less flattened; upper lateral petals, 6-15 mm long, more or less distinctly 2-lobed at the apex; lower lateral petals, up to 16 × 8 mm, obliquely oblong-elliptic. Upper and lower lateral petals well separated, only slightly overlapping near the base. |
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| Notes: | See Impatiens zombensis for comparison. |
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| Habitat: | In humid places in forest, on seepage slopes, along water courses and in the spray-zone of waterfalls. |
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| Flowering time: | Mainly Sep - Mar |
| Worldwide distribution: | Tanzania, Malawi and Mozambique |
| FZ divisions: | N,Z |
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| Endemic status: | |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Sunday 29 December 2019 |
| Literature: |
Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 36. Grey-Wilson, C. (1980). Impatiens of Africa A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam Pages 124 - 125. (Includes a picture). Grey-Wilson, C. (1982). Balsaminaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa Pages 33 - 34. Launert, E. (1963). Balsaminaceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(1) Page 178. Launert, E. & Gonçalves, M.L. (1969). 36. Balsaminaceae Flora de Moçambique Junta de Investigaçoes de Ultramar, Centro de Botanica Pages 17 - 18. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 61. |
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