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Impatiens sodenii

Engl. & Warb. (1895)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Asterids Order: Ericales Family: Balsaminaceae Genus: Impatiens

poor man's rhododendron

Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Erect, shrubby perennial herbs 1–2.5(–3) m tall.

Stems: Stems pale green.

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves simple. Whorled, 4–8 per node. Blades oblanceolate, 8–21 cm long. Surfaces usually glabrous. Margins ciliate–toothed. Stipules absent or consisting of a pair of petiolar glands.

Flowers: Flowers solitary or in small cymes. Flowers bisexual (perfect), strongly irregular. Solitary, axillary, the spur usually 4–5.5 cm long. Calyx of 3 sepals, rarely 5, the upper 2 small and usually green, the lower one petaloid, asymmetrically funnelform, usually with a long nectariferous spur. Corolla of 5 petals; petals pale lavender or rose, nearly white, externally. Stamens 5, connate into a short tube: filaments flat, connate above; anthers dithecal, introrse, short, connate or coherent, forming a cap over the ovary, the sporogenous tissue divided into packets by a transverse partition. Ovary superior, 5-celled; placentation axile; ovules several to many per cell, pendulous and apotropous or anatropous; style 1, short; stigma 1 or 5.

Fruit: Capsules explosively dehiscent; loculicidal; the valves rubbery and becoming twisted in dehiscence. Seeds with endosperm scanty.

Ploidy: 2n = 16

Habitat: Sparingly naturalized in mesic forest; especially along streams.

Elevation Range:

Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

USES

  • Yes

Natural History

Statewide Status

Naturalized

Island Status

Kaua'i Only found in cultivation
Maui Naturalized
Hawai'i Potentially naturalizing

Dispersal Agents

Water/Ocean

Vegetative Reproduction

Pollinators

Specimens

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Notes

  • 1956
  • Description digitized by Pumehana
  • Description digitized from the Manual of the Flowering Plants of Hawaii

Bibliography

Name Published In: H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas, C: 253 (1895)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:380 (K [as I. oliveri]); Grey-Wilson 1982:20/Herbst & Wagner 1999:15 (Syn. I. oliveri = I. sodeni); Oppenheimer 2003:8 (EM); Staples & Herbst 2005:172 (KEY), 173 (DESCR); IPNI 2025 (spelling change to sodenii)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Scientific Name Authorship Locality Habitat Basis of Record Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Impatiens sodenii Engl. & Warb. In gulch East of Piiholo Rd . PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Hank Oppenheimer H30142 Maui PTBG 3/24/2001
2 Impatiens sodenii Engl. & Warb. East Maui, Makawao District, Olinda At edge of yard. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Oppenheimer, H.L. H30141 Maui BISH 3/24/2001
3 Impatiens sodenii Engl. & Warb. east maui, makawao district, olinda At edge of yard. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN oppenheimer, h.l. duvall, f. collector number: h30141 Maui BISH 3/24/2001
4 Impatiens sodenii Engl. & Warb. Olinda. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Hank Oppenheimer H30141 Maui PTBG 3/24/2001
5 Impatiens sodenii Engl. & Warb. Kokee, Waineke Stream. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Derral Herbst 1094 Kauai PTBG 4/27/1968
6 Impatiens sodenii Engl. & Warb. Kokee. Kumuwela. Triangle formed by intersections of Kumuwela roads and Mohihi Rd. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Tim Flynn 511 Kauai PTBG 8/5/1983
7 Impatiens sodenii Engl. & Warb. Kokee State Park, Camp Sloggett (YMC A camp) off Mohihi Road, ca. 0.7 miles East of Highway 550; planted area with escaped exotics, surrounded by mixed mesophytic forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN David H. Lorence 5755 Kauai PTBG 1/28/1988
8 Impatiens sodenii Engl. & Warb. Waineke Stream, Kokee. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Herbst, D. R. 1094 Kauai US 4/27/1968
9 Impatiens sodenii Engl. & Warb. kokee, waineke stream PRESERVED_SPECIMEN herbst, d.r. collector number: 1094 Kauai BISH 4/27/1968
10 Impatiens sodenii Engl. & Warb. Kokee. Camp 10 Road: Garden at Plew's residence Prefers damp places. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Plews, J.H.R. s.n. Kauai BISH 10/23/1986
11 Impatiens sodenii Engl. & Warb. waineke stream, kokee. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN d. r. herbst 1094 Kauai US 4/27/1968
12 Impatiens sodenii Engl. & Warb. Waimea Dist, Kokee State Park, Camp Sloggett (YMCA camp), off Mohihi Rd, ca 0.7 mi E of Hwy 550 PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Lorence, D. H.; Flynn, T. W.; O'Connor, P. 5755 Kauai US 1/28/1988
13 Impatiens sodenii Engl. & Warb. waimea dist, kokee state park, camp sloggett (ymca camp), off mohihi rd, ca 0.7 mi e of hwy 550 PRESERVED_SPECIMEN d. h. lorence, t. w. flynn & p. o'connor 5755 Maui US 1/28/1988
14 Impatiens sodenii Engl. & Warb. Waimea District: Kokee State Park, Camp Sloggett (YMCA camp) off Mohihi Road, c.0.7 miles East of Hwy 550 Planted area with escaped exotics, surrounded by mixed mesophytic forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Lorence, D.H. 5755 Kauai BISH 1/28/1988
15 Impatiens sodenii Engl. & Warb. Kula, N side of Pilehiki Rd., 12 ft below Kekaulike Hwy. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Gabrels, S. s.n. Maui BISH 4/20/2010
16 Impatiens sodenii Engl. & Warb. Kokee, Waineke Stream PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Herbst, D.R. 1094 Kauai BISH 4/27/1968
17 Impatiens sodenii Engl. & Warb. Kauai PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Holt, W. s.n. Kauai BISH 7/22/1956
18 Impatiens sodenii Engl. & Warb. kauai PRESERVED_SPECIMEN holt, w. collector number: s.n. Kauai BISH 7/22/1956
19 Impatiens sodenii Engl. & Warb. East Maui, Makawao District, E of Piiholo Rd In gulch w. Hedychium gardnerianum. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Oppenheimer, H.L. Duvall, F. Collector Number: H30142 Maui BISH 3/24/2001
20 Impatiens sodenii Engl. & Warb. East Maui, Makawao District, Olinda At edge of yard. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Oppenheimer, H.L. Duvall, F. Collector Number: H30141 Maui BISH 3/24/2001
21 Impatiens sodenii Engl. & Warb. waimea district: kokee state park, camp sloggett (ymca camp) off mohihi road, c.0.7 miles east of hwy 550 Planted area with escaped exotics, surrounded by mixed mesophytic forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN lorence, d.h. flynn, t.; o'connor, p. collector number: 5755 Kauai BISH 1/28/1988
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