Common name: Orange Balsam
Scientific name: Impatiens capensis 斑點橙鳳仙花、斑點鳳仙花、橙黃鳳仙花、卡佩鳳仙花、好望角鳳仙花、普通鳳仙花、斑點勿碰我、女士耳墜、珠寶草
Genus: Impatiens 鳳仙花屬
Family: Balsaminaceae 鳳仙花科, balsam family
Origin: Neophyte (established after 1500 AD). It is a native of North America. It was introduced to Britian in 1818 and was recorded in the wild from 1822.
Date: 18th Aug
[306] An erect, glabrous annual, can reach up to 1.5 m.
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[292_3] The tip of the stem showing the branching and small leaves and flower buds.
[292_1] Leaves 3-8 cm, with less than 10 teeth on each side.
[314_1] Underside of the leaf.
[311] Stem swollen at nodes.
[301] Flowering plant.
[305] Axillary inflorescence.
[288_3] Very thin bracts.
[293_1] Few-flowered axillary inflorescence.
[288_1] Different stages of flower buds. Top and rather front view of a flower bud above. 2 pale pink later sepals and stipule could be seen above.
[289_1] Lateral view of a flower bud showing pale pink lateral sepals, orange lower sepal with curved sepal spur.
[285_1] Lateral view of a open flower. Flowers about 3.5 cm.
[300_1] Dorsal petal (standard petal), upper petals, lower petals in addition to lateral sepal and lower sepal could be seen now. Androecium is seen and thus it is now the male stage of the flower.
[298_1] Top and end view of the flower showing the erect dorsal (standard petal) at the front, 2 pale pink lateral sepals and the large orange lower sepal with curved sepal spur.
[296_1] Erect dorsal petal (standard petal), 2 upper petals, 2 lower petals, androecium (filaments and anthers) in addition to lateral sepal and lower sepal with sepal spur could be seen above.
[288_1] Front view of the flower.
[283_1] Flower orange with deep orange (brown?) spots inside.
[283_2] Enlarged photo above showing the androecium (filaments and anthers). White powders are the pollens released already.
[314_2] Developing capsules. (Sorry, not in focus)
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