Impatiens salpinx Schulze & Launert

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Gwasha below Mt Binga, Chimanimani Mts, Mozambique

Photo: Bart Wursten
Ridge north of Mt Pheza, Chimanimani Mts.

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Status:	Native
Description:	Somewhat shrubby perennial herb, up to 70 cm high. Stems erect or decumbent, hairless. Leaves spirally arranged, ovate-lanceolate or more or less elliptic, 2.5-5.5 cm long, base running into the short petiole; margin finely toothed. Flowers solitary, deep red. Dorsal petal forming a hood; upper lateral petals c. 8 × 4 mm, broadly ovate-elliptic; lower lateral petals c. 5 × 4 mm, broadly ovate; spur on the lower sepal, very broadly trumpet-shaped, gradually tapering, 20-32 mm long, sharply incurved, sometimes slightly bifid at the apex.
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Habitat:	Along water courses and in shady places, growing in wet grass among ferns.
Altitude range:	1450 - 2300 m
Flowering time:	(Jun) Sep - Dec
Worldwide distribution:	Confined to the Chimanimani Mountains of Zimbabwe and Mozambique
Mozambique distribution:	MS
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Endemic status:	Near Endemic
Red data list status:	Lower Risk - near threatened
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Content last updated:	Monday 30 September 2013
Literature:	Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 33. Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 36. Darbyshire, I., Timberlake, J., Osborne, J., Rokni, S., Matimele, H., Langa. C., Datizua, C., de Sousa, C., Alves, T., Massingue, A., Hadj-Hammou, J., Dhanda, S., Shah, T., Wursten, B. (2019). The endemic plants of Mozambique: diversity and conservation status Phytotaxa 136 Page 81. Golding, J.S. (ed.) (2002). Zimbabwe Plant Red Data List. Southern African Plant Red Data Lists. SABONET 14 Page 172. Grey-Wilson, C. (1980). Impatiens of Africa A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam Pages 195 - 196. (Includes a picture). Launert, E. (1963). Balsaminaceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(1) Pages 168 - 169. (Includes a picture). Launert, E. & Gonçalves, M.L. (1969). 36. Balsaminaceae Flora de Moçambique Junta de Investigaçoes de Ultramar, Centro de Botanica Pages 6 - 7. Mapaura, A. (2002). Endemic Plant Species of Zimbabwe. Kirkia 18(1) Page 135. Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 29. Wild, H. (1964). The endemic species of the Chimanimani Mountains and their significance Kirkia 4 Page 144. Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 90.

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