Balsaminaceae

Rugged yellow balsam

Impatiens scabrida DC.

Family: Balsaminaceae
Genus: Impatiens

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Rugged yellow balsam: Species : Impatiens scabrida Family : Balsaminaceae Image No. 3 — Photo: Kurt Stüber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (4)

Chinese: 糙毛凤仙花, 糙毛鳯仙花, 西藏凤仙花, 西藏鳯仙花
Czech: Netýkavka drsná
English: Rugged yellow balsam, Scabby balsam
Norwegian Nynorsk: Kamspringfrø

Synonyms

Balsamina cristata (Wall.) Ser.
Impatiens calycina Wall.
Impatiens cristata Wall.
Impatiens hamiltoniana D.Don

Photos

Photo: Kurt Stüber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: peganum from Henfield, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: peganum from Henfield, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, 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). About our plant data.