| Lesser Balsam |
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| File size | 370285 |
| Original date | 8/11/07 12:41 PM |
| Resolution | 2816 x 2112 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 6.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/125s |
| Aperture | 5.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Panasonic |
| Camera model | DMC-FZ7 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Impatiens minor Family: Balsaminaceae (Balsam family)
Synonyms: Impatiens kleinii
Lesser Balsam is a small, slender, erect herb, growing to only 10-15 cm tall, with glassy stem. Oppositely arranged, elliptic or ovate-lanceolate leaves are 2-2.5 x 0.4-0.8 cm in size, and have distantly serrated margins with tiny glands in them. Leaf stalk is 0.2-1 cm long, often glandular. Flowers 6-8 mm long, pink or white, usually axillary, solitary. Flower stalks are 1 cm long. Sepals are 3, lateral ones 2-2.5 mm long, linear; spur 1-1.2 cm long. Petals 3, free, upper rounded ; wings large, obovate, entire. Capsule 5-6 mm long, narrow, fusiform ; seeds 1 mm across, globose. Distribution: South-west India, Sri Lanka, Shimoga. Flowering: September.
Identification credit: Dinesh Valke
| Photographed in Tungareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary, Maharashtra. |