Impatiens stocksii is a species of flowering plant in the family Balsaminaceae. It is endemic to the Coorg hills. [1][2][3][4][5]
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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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Description
editIt 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]
Range
editSouthern Western Ghats
Habitat
editIt grows as an epiphyte in evergreen forests
Gallery
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References
edit- ^ a b https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Stocks%20Balsam.html
- ^ a b file:///C:/Users/peele/Downloads/Rheedea21_23-80.pdf
- ^ a b "Impatiens stocksii Hook. f. & Thomson | Species". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2023-08-02.
- ^ a b "Impatiens stocksii Hook.f. & Thomson | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2023-08-02.
- ^ "Herbarium JCB". flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in. Retrieved 2023-08-02.
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