Himalayan Balsam
ഹിമാലയൻ ബാൽസം
Impatiens glandulifera Royle
- light
- Part sun
- water
- Plenty
- tall
- 1.7 m
- wide
- 20 cm
Balsaminaceae
Formerly Balsamina glandulifera, Balsamina macrochila, Balsamina roylei, Impatiens candida, and 5 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- AnnualKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- N. Pakistan to NepalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Part shade (3 to 6 h)Read from KPU Plant Database, one source
- Height
- 1.3 m to 2.0 mRead from KPU Plant Database, one source
- Spread
- 10 cm to 30 cmRead from KPU Plant Database, one source
- Water
- Plenty: wet or constantly moistRead from KPU Plant Database, one source
- Flowers
- White, pink, purpleRead from KPU Plant Database, one source
Not known yet: coldest it survives, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (2)
- German
- Drüsiges Springkraut
- Malayalam
- ഹിമാലയൻ ബാൽസം
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- KPU Plant Database, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3D model: Impatiens glandulifera (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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