Impatiens microcentra Hand.-Mazz.

Plants perennial, 20-30 cm tall; rhizome procumbent, glabrous. Stems many, ascending or curved, purple, simple or branched. Leaves alternate, subsessile, lower leaves small, withering early, upper leaves crowded, subverticillate; leaf blade yellow-brown abaxially when dry, dark green adaxially, elliptic or ovate-elliptic, 5-9 × 2-3.5 cm, membranous, abaxially with stipitate fusiform glands, setose between teeth, adaxially scabrid, lateral veins 5 or 6 pairs, base cuneate, narrowed, margin coarsely crenate, nearly entire basally, apex shortly acuminate or obtuse. Inflorescences in upper leaf axils, 1- or 2(or 3)-flowered; peduncles erect, shorter than leaves, 2-3 cm. Pedicels shortly bracteate at base or above; bracts ovate, 2-3 mm, membranous, apex emarginate, retuse, mucronulate. Flowers pink-purple, 2-2.5 cm deep. Lateral sepals 2, green, oblong-ovate, 3-4 mm, base oblique, apex rigidly mucronulate. Lower sepal funnelform, dilated at middle, 1.5-1.7 cm deep, narrowed into an erect, subglobose spur; mouth oblique, rostellate, nearly as long as limb, 5-6 mm wide. Upper petal broadly ovate, 8-9 mm, abaxial midvein thickened, narrowly carinate, green, mucronulate; lateral united petals not clawed, ca. 2 cm, 2-lobed; basal lobes ovate-orbicular, large; distal lobes lorate, longer, narrower, apex obtuse; auricle small. Filaments ligulate; anthers obtuse. Capsule not seen. Fl. Aug-Sep.

NW Yunnan (Nu Jiang).

● Forest understories; 2300-3500 m.

Impatiens microcentra adalah spesies tumbuhan yang tergolong ke dalam famili Balsaminaceae. Spesies ini juga merupakan bagian dari ordo Ericales. Spesies Impatiens microcentra sendiri merupakan bagian dari genus Impatiens. Nama ilmiah dari spesies ini pertama kali diterbitkan oleh Hand.-Mazz..

Impatiens microcentra là một loài thực vật có hoa trong họ Bóng nước. Loài này được Hand.-Mazz. mô tả khoa học đầu tiên năm 1933.

小距凤仙花（学名：Impatiens microcentra）是凤仙花科凤仙花属的植物，是中国的特有植物。分布于中国大陆的云南等地，生长于海拔2,300米至3,350米的地区，一般生长在林下，目前尚未由人工引种栽培。