Impatiens linghziensis Y. L. Chen

Plants annual, to 60 cm tall. Stem slender, simple, rarely shortly branched. Leaves alternate; petiole 1-1.5 cm; leaf blade linear-oblong or linear-lanceolate, rarely linear, 7-13 × 0.8-1.8 cm, membranous, often with 1 pair of purple stipitate glands at basal margin, glabrous, lateral veins 9-11 pairs, base gradually attenuate into petiole, margin sharply serrate, apex acute or long acuminate. Inflorescences axillary, 2-flowered; peduncles short, 2-3 mm. Pedicels slender, with 2 subulate-linear bracts at base; bracts persistent, broadly oblong, apex aristate. Flowers pale purple, large, to 4.5 cm deep. Lateral sepals 4; outer 2: subglobose, curved, 3-veined, apex aristate-acuminate; inner 2: linear, 1-veined, aristate. Lower sepal saccate, narrowed into a hooked, incurved spur. Upper petal orbicular, apex cornute-rostellate, abaxial midvein swollen at middle; lateral united petals ± clawed, 2-lobed; basal lobes ovate-oblong, apex rounded or emarginate, fibrously mucronulate; distal lobes broadly oblong, emarginate, mucronulate; auricle inflexed, small. Anthers obtuse. Capsule linear. Fl. Jun-Jul.

E Xizang (Nyingchi).

● Forest understories, moist places; 2500-2700 m.

Impatiens linghziensis adalah spesies tumbuhan yang tergolong ke dalam famili Balsaminaceae. Spesies ini juga merupakan bagian dari ordo Ericales. Spesies Impatiens linghziensis sendiri merupakan bagian dari genus Impatiens. Nama ilmiah dari spesies ini pertama kali diterbitkan oleh Y.L.Chen.