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Impatiens furcillata Hemsl. ex Forb. & Hemsl.

Description

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Plants annual, 30-70 cm tall. Stem erect, slender, simple or branched, sparsely glandular hairy in upper part. Leaves alternate; petiole 1-2.5 cm; leaf blade rhombic-ovate or rhombic-lanceolate, 5-13 × 2.5-5 cm, lateral veins 7-9 pairs, base cuneate, margin sharply serrate, apex acuminate. Inflorescences axillary, racemose, 3-9-flowered; peduncles 3-5 cm, sparsely dark brown glandular hairy. Pedicels slender, bracteate at base; bracts linear. Flowers yellow or pale purple, small. Lateral sepals 2, ovate, cuspidate. Lower sepal funnelform, abruptly elongated into an involute, long spur. Upper petal orbicular, apex shortly rostellate, abaxial midvein carinate; lateral united petals clawed, 2-lobed; basal lobes subovate, apex acute; distal lobes obliquely ovate, larger, apex acute. Anthers obtuse. Capsule subcylindric. Fl. and fr. unknown.
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Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA
bibliographic citation
Flora of China Vol. 12: 55, 56, 72 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Flora of China @ eFloras.org
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Wu Zhengyi, Peter H. Raven & Hong Deyuan
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Distribution

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Hebei, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Mongol [Korea, Russia (Far East)].
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Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA
bibliographic citation
Flora of China Vol. 12: 55, 56, 72 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Flora of China @ eFloras.org
editor
Wu Zhengyi, Peter H. Raven & Hong Deyuan
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eFloras.org
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Habitat

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Forest margins, grasslands in valleys, riversides; 700-1100 m.
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cc-by-nc-sa-3.0
copyright
Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA
bibliographic citation
Flora of China Vol. 12: 55, 56, 72 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
source
Flora of China @ eFloras.org
editor
Wu Zhengyi, Peter H. Raven & Hong Deyuan
project
eFloras.org
original
visit source
partner site
eFloras