Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Impatiens balfourii, with what every source says about it. When sources disagree, the strongest source is shown (how sources are ranked). Values imported before sources were recorded one by one are marked Source not recorded.

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Sourced4 Source not recorded17 Not on the record3 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	Hook.f.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	Bot. Mag. 129: t. 7878 (1903)	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phylum	Tracheophyta	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Rank	species	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Status	accepted	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Year	1903	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name	Balfour's touch-me-not	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	N. Pakistan to W. Himalaya	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	empty	80 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 164, 882	Not on the record
Biological type	therophyte	therophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 164, 918	Sourced
Flower color	purple	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Fruit shape	capsule	capsule · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 882	Sourced
Growth habit	Forb/herb	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Maximum height	120 cm	120 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 164, 882	Sourced
Vegetable	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phenology
Duration	annual	annual · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 7 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 164, 882, 918	Sourced
Ecology
Atmospheric humidity	8 / 9 · very humid air	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Light	5 / 9 · half-shade	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Nitrogen fixation	empty	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 71	Not on the record
Ph maximum	pH 7.5	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Ph minimum	pH 7	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Soil nutriments	7 / 9 · rich (eutrophic)	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Soil salinity	0 / 9 · absent from saline soils	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Usda legacy
C n ratio	empty	13.3 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 228	Not on the record

Impatiens balfourii Hook.f., 1903 33% complete

Balfour's touch-me-not

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