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Accession Data:

Impatiens sodenii Engl. & Warb.

  • Common Name: Oliver's Touch-Me-Not
  • Family: Balsaminaceae DC.
  • Synonym(s): Impatiens oliveri C.H.Wright ex W.Watson

  • Country of Origin: east tropical Africa

  • USDA Zone: 10-11

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 198800069
  • Source: SCE/Smith Col.
  • Provenance: Name changed I. oliveri > I. sodenii CMORSE 18SEP20121
  • Accession Date: 12-31-1988
  • Bench: 3116 - EVO: Propagation - Mist
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 1 confirmed on 03-03-2025

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: asterids
  • Order: Ericales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Balsaminaceae
  • SubFamily:
  • Tribe:
  • SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025
2024
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2021
2020
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2005

References (internal):

  • EEB 3271 - Systematic Botany
  • EEB 3203 - Developmental Plant Morphology
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Kenya / Tanzania / Uganda / Cape Provinces

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Friday, September 01, 2017.
  2. Impatiens sodenii at Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Last accessed on Friday, September 01, 2017.
  3. Image #04 used with permission of Steve Franklin, UConn Class of '80. All rights reserved by original author.

data regenerated on Mon, 03 Mar 2025 11:33:07 -0500 [bcm v4.0]

Images:

Impatiens sodenii

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Current Accessions in the Balsaminaceae

  • Impatiens grandis
  • Impatiens niamniamensis
  • Impatiens repens
  • Impatiens sodenii
W/C = Wild Collected
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