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''Impatiens denisonii'' is a scapigerous herb species of the Balsaminaceae family, which is found only in the Western Ghats in South India. It is among the rarest of the eighteen ''Impatiens'' species〔 The endemic Nilgiri ''Impatiens'' species are: (11 Listed by Chhabra and *=7 additional species listed by ENVIS) ''Impatiens acaulis'' Arn., ''Impatiens clavicornu'' Turcz. *, ''Impatiens cuspidate'' Wight *, ''Impatiens debilis'' Turcz *, ''Impatiens denisonii'' Bedd., ''Impatiens gardneriana'' Wight *, ''Impatiens laticornis'' Fisch., ''Impatiens lawsonii'' Hook. f., ''Impatiens lenta'' Hook. f. *, ''Impatiens levingei'' Gamble ex Hook. f., ''Impatiens munronii'' Wight *, ''Impatiens neo-barnesi'' Fisch., ''Impatiens nilagirica'' Fisch., ''Impatiens orchioides'' Bedd., ''Impatiens rufescens'' Benth. ex Wight & Arn., ''Impatiens scapiflora'' Heyne & Wall., ''Impatiens tenella'' Heyne ex Hook.f. and ''Impatiens trichocarpa'' Hook. f. * .〕 which are endemic in the Nilgiri Hills. It was very abundant and considered among the most beautiful plants in the Nilgiri Hills. ==Description== This plant has numerous pink or purple flowers. The leaf base is deeply 2-lobed with a broad sinus. The scape and pedicels are very long and slender. The wings are 3-partite bearded on the inner face. The lateral segment has a filiform appendage enclosed in the long recurved spur. The leaves are ovate cordate with bristly crenatures with numerous weak hairs above and glabrous below. Petioles are generally shorter than the leaves. Scapes much longer than the leaves. Bracts are small and ovate, pedicels are long. Sepals are small and ovate. The vexillum is rather large broadly ovate, vaulted and has three broad spreading lobes with a dense tuft of petaloid hairs above the conjunction of the lobes. It has a long filiform appendage which is entirely hidden in the spur and extends its whole length. Spur is a very long recurved glabrous capsule. Seeds are numerous and small.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Impatiens denisonii」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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