Taxon: Impatiens glandulifera Royle

• the 13 historical accession(s) associated with this name.
• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

A declared aquatic or terrestrial noxious weed and/or noxious-weed seed in these U.S. states (see state noxious weed lists), with links to state information or web documents:

CT*, OR*, WA*.

ªAquatic.

*Terrestrial.

°In seed.

Link to noxious weed information from

Common names:

• Himalayan balsam   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English
  
• Indian balsam   (Source: BSBI ) – English
  
• ornamental jewelweed   (Source: PLANTS ) – English
  
• policeman's-helmet   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English
  
• balsamie de l'Himmalaya   (Source: F New Brunswick ) – French
  
• drüsiges Springkraut   (Source: Zander Ency ) – German
  
• indisches Springkraut   (Source: Zander Ency ) – German
  
• jättebalsamin   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Invasive Pl Spec)
  
• Weed   (fide NPB State Noxweed/WA)
  

Distributional range:

• ASIA-TROPICAL
  Indian Subcontinent: India - Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Mizoram, Uttar Pradesh; Nepal; Pakistan [n.]

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Siberia: Russian Federation - Altay, Gorno-Altay, Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk, Novosibirsk
  Eastern Asia: Japan
• AUSTRALASIA
  New Zealand: New Zealand
• EUROPE
  Northern Europe: Denmark; Finland; Ireland; Norway; Sweden; United Kingdom
  Middle Europe: Austria; Belgium; Czechoslovakia; Germany; Hungary; Netherlands; Poland; Switzerland
  East Europe: Estonia; Latvia; Lithuania; Russian Federation - European part; Ukraine
  Southeastern Europe: Former Yugoslavia; Italy; Romania
  Southwestern Europe: France
• NORTHERN AMERICA
  Southern Mexico: Mexico - Morelos
  Canada
  United States

• also cultivated

References:

• Akiyama, S. 1999. New records of Impatiens (Balsaminaceae) in Hokkaido. Bull. Natl. Sci. Mus., Tokyo, B 25:143–149.
• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Allan, H. H. B. et al. 1961–. Flora of New Zealand.
• Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
• Czerepanov, S. K. 1995. Vascular plants of Russia and adjacent states (the former USSR).
• Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage.
• Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen.
• Fernández Nava, R. et al. 1998. Listado florístico de la cuenca del Río Balsas, México. Polibotanica 9:1–151.
• Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1963. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada.
• Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada, ed. 2.
• Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984–. Med-Checklist.
• Hara, H. et al. 1978–1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal.
• Hinds, H. R. 2000. Flora of New Brunswick, ed. 2.
• Hitchcock, C. L. et al. 1955–1969. Vascular plants of the Pacific Northwest.
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
• Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934–1964. Flora SSSR. [= I. roylei Walp.].
• Krasnoborov, I. M., ed. 2000–. Flora of Siberia (English translation). 10:77; 14:84.
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
• Magee, D. W. & H. E. Ahles. 1999. Flora of the Northeast. A manual of the vascular flora of New England and adjacent New York.
• Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970–. Flora of [West] Pakistan.
• National Plant Board. 2008–. National Plant Board federal and state quarantine summaries.
• Pignatti, S. 1982. Flora d'Italia.
• Polunin, O. & A. Stainton. 1984. Flowers of the Himalaya.
• Scoggan, H. J. 1978–1979. The flora of Canada, 4 vol.
• Sharma, B. D. et al., eds. 1993–. Flora of India.
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea.
• USDA, NRCS. United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service's PLANTS database (on-line resource).
• Voss, E. 1972–. Michigan flora.
• Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Impatiens glandulifera.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Impatiens glandulifera.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Impatiens glandulifera.

Synonyms:

• (=) Impatiens roylei Walp.
  (previously associated with 9 accessions)

Check other web resources for Impatiens glandulifera Royle:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images:

• Forestry Images: from www.forestryimages.org
• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seeds: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

More:

• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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