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Impatiens sylvicola
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Zomba Forest Reserve
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Low scrambling annual or short-lived perennial, rooting at the lower nodes. Leaves spirally arranged, more or less broadly ovate-lanceolate, 2-10 long, sparsely pubescent on both surfaces; margin scalloped or toothed. Flowers solitary or in few-flowered clusters, pink or mauve with a deep mauve to red spot near the base of the upper lateral petals. Lower sepal with a spur, 11-18 mm long, filiform, pubescent, curved; dorsal petal, c. 10 × 12 mm, flattened, broadly ovate to almost round, often emarginate at the apex; upper lateral petals obliquely obovate, 9-11 mm long; lower lateral petals, 8-10 mm long, narrowing into a more or less distinct apical ligule. |
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| Derivation of specific name: | sylvicola: forest loving |
| Habitat: | In forest clearings and undergrowth, where it may form colonies in shady, humid places or along water courses. |
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| Flowering time: | Throughout the year |
| Worldwide distribution: | Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. |
| Malawi distribution: | S |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Tuesday 27 October 2020 |
| Literature: |
Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 33. 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 26 - 27. (Includes a picture). Launert, E. (1963). Balsaminaceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(1) Page 172. Launert, E. & Gonçalves, M.L. (1969). 36. Balsaminaceae Flora de Moçambique Junta de Investigaçoes de Ultramar, Centro de Botanica Pages 9 - 10. Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 29. 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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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Impatiens sylvicolaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Impatiens sylvicola
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Impatiens sylvicola
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Impatiens sylvicola
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