| Small-Hat Balsam |
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| Original date | 9/30/10 10:26 AM |
| Resolution | 1840 x 1380 |
| Flash | Flash fired, red-eye reduction |
| Focal length | 6.4mm |
| Exposure time | 1/60s |
| Aperture | 9.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon PowerShot A2000 IS |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Impatiens goughii Family: Balsaminaceae (Balsam family)
Synonyms: Impatiens microtheca, Impatiens pulniensis, Impatiens anamallayensis
Synonyms: Impatiens microtheca, Impatiens pulniensis, Impatiens anamallayensis
Small-Hat Balsam is an annual herb, 5-30 cm tall,
stems simple or branched. It is named in honour of George Stephens
Gough (pronounced Goff) (1815-1895), a plant collector. Pale pink flowers are borne in
umbel-like clusters at branch ends. Flower-cluster-stalks are 2-5 cm
long; flower-stalks up to 15 cm long; bracts persistent, minute,
lanceshaped. Lateral sepals are sickle shaped, about 2 mm long. Lip
boat-shaped; spur shorter than wings, straight. Standard obovate,
mucronate at the retuse tip. Wings bilobed; basal lobes oblong, rounded
at tip; distal lobes longer than basal ones; dorsal ear produced into
the spur. Leaves are opposite, ovate, somewhat pointed at tip, rounded
toothed-sawtoothed along margins, 15-3.5 x 0.8-1.5 cm, hairless, rarely
hairy below; leaf-stalks up to 2 cm long. Capsules is ellipsoid, 3-5
mm long, 6-12-seeded; seeds almond-shaped, chestnut- colored, granular
with hairs. Small-Hat Balsam is endemic to Southern Western Ghats, found
at altitudes of 1500-2400 m in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala.
Flowering: July-December.
| Identification credit: Shrishail Kulloli | Photographed in Kerala. |
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