Scientific Name:	Impatiens glandulifera
Pronunciation:	im-PAY-shunz glan-dew-LIFF-ur-uh
Common Name:	Himalayan balsam, policeman's helmet
Family Name:	Balsaminaceae
Plant Type:	Annual, Invasive plant
Key ID Features:	Leaves lanceolate, mostly less than 25 cm long; flowers pink, with a hooded shape, 3 to 4 cm tall x 2 cm wide.
Course(s):	not used (off campus)

Habit: Upright Form: Oval - vertical Texture: Medium Mature Size: Height: 1.3 - 2.0m Spread: 0.1 - 0.3m Growth Rate: Fast Origin: South Asia / India Hardiness Rating: Zone 5: (-29 to -23 C) Exposure: Part sun/part shade Soil/ Growing Medium: Bog, Humus rich Water Use: High Landscape Uses: Additional Info: Google

Leaf Morphology: Form: Simple Arrangement: Opposite, Whorled Texture/ Venation: Soft flexible Surfaces: Glabrous Colour in Summer: Green Leaf(let) Terms: Shapes: Elliptic, Lanceolate, Oblong, Ovate Apices: Acute Bases: Cuneate Margins: Serrate

Inflorescence Type: Flowers solitary Flower Morphology: Number of Petals: 5 Colour (petals): White, Pink, Purple Flower Time at Peak: Jun, Oct

Fruit Type: Capsule Fruit Colour: Brown Fruiting Time: Jul, Oct Additional Info: Dehiscent

Bark or Stem Colour:     Organ Modifications: Succulent stems

Propagation:	Seed

Location(s): (NCA) Not Currently Available : not used Location Map

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