Impatiens glandulifera Royle
(Indian Balsam, Himalayan Balsam)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesImpatiens glandulifera (Indian Balsam, Himalayan Balsam)
GenusImpatiens (balsams)
FamilyBALSAMINACEAE (balsams)
OrderERICALES (heaths, heathers, azaleas, primroses, loosestrifes and balsams)
SubclassEU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Impatiens glandulifera (Indian Balsam, Himalayan Balsam) :
1: Impatiens glandulifera (Indian Balsam, Himalayan Balsam)
25 Aug 2001 OSGR: SU46 51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: Flower - pale magenta form - face viewImage 2: Flower - pale magenta form - side viewImage 3: Flowers and fruitsImage 4: Flowers and leavesImage 5: Flowers - magenta formImage 6: Flowers - pinkish formImage 7: FruitsImage 8: Fruits, flowers and leavesImage 9: LeavesImage 10: PlantsImage 11: Plants (2)Image 12: Flower bud - enlargedImage 13: Seeds - unripe - magnified
2: Impatiens glandulifera (Indian Balsam, Himalayan Balsam)
10 Aug 1974 OSGR: SE65 53° 60’ N, 1° 0’ W England
Image 1: Flowe - face viewImage 2: Flower - side viewImage 3: FruitsImage 4: Plant - top view
3: Impatiens glandulifera (Indian Balsam, Himalayan Balsam)
9 Aug 1970 OSGR: TQ50 50° 50’ N, 0° 10’ E Vice County: East Sussex (VC 14) England
along river bank
Image 1: Plant on river bankImage 2: Plants along river bank

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Booy, O., Wade, M. & White, V. Himalayan Balsam

Impatiens glandulifera (Indian Balsam, Himalayan Balsam) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Impatiens glandulifera (Indian Balsam, Himalayan Balsam)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Impatiens glandulifera (Indian Balsam, Himalayan Balsam)
Creative Commons License
This website is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Licence.

Unless otherwise expressly stated, all original material on the BioImages website by Malcolm Storey is licensed under the above Creative Commons Licence.

Photographs from other photographers are used with permission but not included under the above CC licence.

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)