Impatiens alpicola Y. L. Chen & Y. Q. Lu

Plants annual, 20-30 cm tall, glabrous. Stem many branched. Leaves alternate; petiole to 2 cm; leaf blade ovate-elliptic, 2-4 × 1-2 cm, with stipitate basal glands, glabrous, lateral veins 5 pairs, base narrowly cuneate, margin coarsely serrate, teeth mucronulate, apex acute. Inflorescences many, (2 or)3- or 4-flowered; peduncles 1.5-2 cm. Pedicels ca. 1 cm, slender, bracteate at base; bracts subulate. Flowers yellow, ca. 1.8 × 1.5 cm. Lateral sepals 2, green, small, ca. 2.5 × 2 mm, base cuneate or slightly cordate. Lower sepal obliquely funnelform, ca. 1 cm deep, base gradually narrowed into a curved, slender spur; mouth vertical, 8(-9) mm wide, tip slightly obtuse. Upper petal ovate-orbicular, small, ca. 5 × 4 mm, abaxial midvein green, cristate; lateral united petals not clawed, ca. 1.8 cm; basal lobes obliquely ovate, small, ca. 4 × 2-3 mm; distal lobes broadly dolabriform, apically retuse; auricle absent or inconspicuous. Filaments long, flattened; anthers small, obtuse. Ovary erect, slender. Capsule fusiform. Seeds few, usually 4 or 5, black, narrowly ovoid, ca. 3 × 1.5 mm, tuberculate. Fl. Aug-Sep.

Sichuan (Emei Shan).

● Forest margins, shaded moist places; 2800-2900 m.

Impatiens alpicola adalah spesies tumbuhan yang tergolong ke dalam famili Balsaminaceae. Spesies ini juga merupakan bagian dari ordo Ericales. Spesies Impatiens alpicola sendiri merupakan bagian dari genus Impatiens. Nama ilmiah dari spesies ini pertama kali diterbitkan oleh Y.L.Chen & Y.Q.Lu.

Impatiens alpicola là một loài thực vật có hoa trong họ Bóng nước. Loài này được Y.L. Chen & Y.Q. Lu mô tả khoa học đầu tiên năm 1990.

太子凤仙花（学名：Impatiens alpicola）为凤仙花科凤仙花属下的一个种。