Balsaminaceae
Balfour's touch-me-not
Impatiens balfourii
- Family
- Balsaminaceae
- Genus
- Impatiens
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Common names
By language (9)
- Chinese
- 克什米尔凤仙花
- Czech
- Netýkavka Balfourova
- Dutch
- Tweekleurig springzaad
- English
- Balfour's touch-me-not
- French
- Balsamine de Balfour, Balsamine des jardins, Impatiente des jardins
- German
- Balfour-Springkraut, Balfours Springkraut
- Malayalam
- ഇംപേഷ്യൻസ് ബാൽഫൗറി
- Slovenian
- Balfourova nedotika
- Swedish
- Hornbalsamin
Synonyms
- Impatiens mathildae Chiov.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
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Photo: Joan Simon from Barcelona, España, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Joan Simon from Barcelona, España, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.