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Balsams
Balsams
Impatiens
Plantae
COMMON

Stats

Lifespan
Annual
Size
Small
Diet
Photosynthetic
Biome
Temperate woodland
Range
Northern Hemisphere and tropics
Movement
Sessile
Breeding
Seeds
Defense
Toxins
Status
Common

About

A genus of over 1,000 fleshy-stemmed flowering plants known for their explosive seed pods that fling seeds several feet when touched, giving rise to common names like touch-me-not and busy lizzie.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    seed
    A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
  2. 2.
    sprout
    A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
  3. 3.
    sapling
    A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
  4. 4.
    mature
    Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Ericales
Family
Balsaminaceae
Genus
Impatiens