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50.) BALSAMINACEAE & POLEMONIACEAE

Now social media groups often take part in 'Balsam bashing'.

  • Impatiens noli-tangere L. (Touch-me-not Balsam) 1866 Wetland
  • Impatiens capensis Meerb. (Orange Balsam) Wetland
  • Impatiens parviflora DC. (Small Balsam) General
  • Impatiens glandulifera Royle (Indian Balsam) / Wetland
  • Impatiens balfourii Hook. f. (Kashmir Balsam - NBN, Balfour's Touch-me-not, Poor Man's Orchid) General
  • Polemonium caeruleum L. (Jacob's-ladder) General
  • Gilia capitata Sims (Blue Thimbleflower - Stace, Blue-thimble-flower - NBN) 1922 General
  • Collomia linearis Nutt. (Tiny Trumpet - GBIF, Wikipedia, Slenderleaf Collomia - Wikipedia, Narrow-leaved Mountain-trumpet - Go Botany) 1922 General

Species to add:

  • Phlox paniculata L. (Phlox) - BRLSI

  • Navarretia intertexta (Benth.) Hook. (Needleleaf Navarretia - GBIF) - [Sandwith, 1932]

Impatiens capensis found by R.D. Randall BRLSI