Many thanks Satish ji for validating this ID. *Impatiens tomentosa* and *I. oppositifolia* are allied, and confuse me often.
All three plants are just next to each other, perhaps just a foot's distance from each other. All three have solitary flowers borne in axils, with spurs shorter than flowers; leaves with serrated margins, upper surface hairy. The bottom left picture seems to have more than one flower per axil - because of the photo angle. Clicking on the photo will lead to a larger photo on flickr. Each flower is borne in axil of single leaf. The upper leaves are not obtuse at ends. Not sure about this being a accepted variation. Putting a small para from Rheedea Vol. 21(1) 23-80 2011<http://www.iaat.org.in/Rheedea21_23-80.pdf>-- The genus Impatiens (Balsaminaceae) in the northern and parts of central Western Ghats by Jyosna R.N. Dessai and M.K. Janarthanam ... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *Impatiens oppositifolia* L. is allied to *I. tomentosa* B. Heyne ex Wight & Arn. but differs in stem, lateral sepals, lip and spur being glabrous. It is also similar to *I. raziana* Bhaskar & Razi but differs in the presence of lilac to pink-coloured flowers. *Impatiens oppositifolia* is a very variable species with regard to leaf shape and hairy nature of the pedicel (glabrous or with 1 or 2 rows of hairs). Plants exposed to sunlight and growing in humus rich soil are tall, have semicircular stem with broad leaves whereas those growing in shade are stunted with quadrangular stem, linear and smaller leaves. There are variations in the spur as well. The spur in material collected in Amboli region is straight, hooked or straight and curved inwards at apex. Grey-Wilson (1985) who stated that the Ceylon specimens exhibit variation in leaf shape and size, however, did not mention any variation in flower. ... ... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The top and bottom left pictures feature at FOI ... http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Marsh%20Balsam.html ... and are identified by the author Jyosna Dessai. Regards. Dinesh On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 7:48 PM, Satish Phadke <[email protected]> wrote: > Very nice pictures Dinesh ji. > I think the plant in lower part on Right side may be *I. tomentosa* as I > can see the subcordate nature of the leaves. Rest I think are I. > oppositifolia. > *Impatiens oppositifolia* : Flowers axillary solitary or 2-3 > together.(Lower left picture).Leaves linear lanceolate distinctly > serrate.Lip conical like a hook. > I*mpatiens tomentosa*: Flowers axillary solitary. Leaves upper linear, > sessile obtuse subcordate.. Lower linear lanceolate, elliptic or ovate > oblong; margins distinctly serrate. Upper surface hispid or tomentose, > lower surface pale tomentose. Spur shorter than flower. > > Dr Satish Phadke > > > On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 2:09 PM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote: > >> [image: ... Kas >> skyline]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F8035015844%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzcDVdj__6tKTqSABRfvEGMun25Rew> >> Kas >> plateau ... about 4000 ft asl >> ... one of the 39 World Heritage sites in the Western Ghats of India >> ------------------------------ >> 19 OCT 07 >> * Impatiens tomentosa * B. Heyne ex Wight & Arn. ... (family: >> Balsaminaceae) >> *im-PAY-shuns* -- impatient; referring to the seed pod's habit of >> bursting open >> *toh-men-TOH-suh* -- covered with fine, matted hairs >> >> *commonly known as*: marsh balsam • *Marathi*: फोंडा तेरडा phonda terda >> *Endemic to*: Western Ghats (of India) >> *References*: Flowers of >> India<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flowersofindia.in%2Fcatalog%2Fslides%2FMarsh%2520Balsam.html&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzf2QrAimh3EIz-dSXpy1LyPAtW-5w>• >> NPGS >> / >> GRIN<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ars-grin.gov%2Fcgi-bin%2Fnpgs%2Fhtml%2Ftaxon.pl%3F431411&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzcP5tgswipKTwGC0KhDqB4JT2DxYQ>• >> *Further Flowers of Sahyadri* by Shrikant Ingalhalikar >> [image: Impatiens >> tomentosa]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F1651831694%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzeijFkacBlLnlRhmBuXL5HjyUdy0g> >> >> [image: Impatiens >> tomentosa]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F1651861612%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzdd_b1qG9bEvKysBHRF3U3k_I8R0w> >> [image: >> Impatiens >> tomentosa]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F1651089093%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzfsr3moA_sl3qRVzaZAi3LAecadOQ> >> Regards. >> Dinesh >> >> -- >> >> >> >> > > --
