Page authors: Ben Legler, David Giblin
Impatiens glandulifera
policeman's helmet
Specimens
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Distribution: Occurring west of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to California, east to Idaho; also in eastern North America.

Habitat: Escaped from cultivation in disturbed forest edge at low elevations.

Flowers: July-September

Origin: Introduced from Asia

Growth Duration: Annual

Conservation Status: Not of concern

Pollination: Bumblebees, bees, wasps

Description:
General:

Succulent annual, the stems 6-13 dm. tall, often purplish-tinged.

Leaves:

Leaves alternate, opposite or whorled, the petioles stout, 2-5 cm. long; leaf blades ovate-oblong to ovate-elliptic, 6-15 cm. long, sharply and closely serrate.

Flowers:

Flowers several on elongated axillary peduncles; sepals 3, the saccate sepal whitish to red, 2-3 cm. long, purplish-spotted, with a recurved spur 4-5 mm. long; lateral sepals smaller, purplish; petals 5, white to red, the upper one notched at the tip, the lateral ones much smaller, in unequal pairs.

Fruits:

Capsule 5-celled.

Accepted Name:
Impatiens glandulifera Royle
Publication: Ill. Bot. Himalaya Mts t. 28, fig. 2. 1834.

Synonyms & Misapplications:
Impatiens glandulifera Royle f. pallidiflora (Hook. f.) Weath.
Additional Resources:

PNW Herbaria: Specimen records of Impatiens glandulifera in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database

WA Flora Checklist: Impatiens glandulifera checklist entry

OregonFlora: Impatiens glandulifera information

E-Flora BC: Impatiens glandulifera atlas page

CalPhotos: Impatiens glandulifera photos

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