Garden balsam
Garden balsam
Impatiens balsamina
Plantae
UNCOMMON

Stats

Lifespan
Annual
Size
Medium
Diet
Photosynthetic
Biome
Tropical rainforest
Range
Southern Asia
Movement
Sessile
Breeding
Seeds
Defense
Toxins
Status
Uncommon

About

This flowering plant grows in the warm, humid forests of southern Asia. Its seed pods explode when touched, launching seeds up to seven meters away.

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
Species
Impatiens balsamina