Impatiens glandulifera Royle, 1835 37% complete

Policeman's-helmet

Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts.: 151 (1835)

Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Impatiens glandulifera, 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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Sourced8 Differs from sources2 Source not recorded13 Not on the record8 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author Royle No source recorded
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Bibliography Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts.: 151 (1835) No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phylum Tracheophyta No source recorded
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Rank species No source recorded
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Status accepted No source recorded
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Year 1835 No source recorded
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Descriptive
Common name Policeman's-helmet No source recorded
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Observations NE. Pakistan to Nepal No source recorded
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Morphology
Average height 87 cm
  • 86.5 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 235 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 164, 174, 178, 204, 500, 617, 706
Differs from sources
Biological type therophyte
  • therophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 10 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 164, 174, 178, 500, 918
Sourced
Flower color red Sourced
Foliage texture empty Not on the record
Fruit shape empty Not on the record
Growth habit Forb/herb No source recorded
Source not recorded
Maximum height 200 cm
  • 200 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 164, 174, 178, 204, 500, 617, 706
Sourced
Sexuality empty Not on the record
Vegetable false No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phenology
Bloom months feb, jul Sourced
Duration annual
  • annual · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 190 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 110, 164, 178, 204, 456, 460, 918
Sourced
Ecology
Atmospheric humidity 9 / 9 · saturated air No source recorded
Source not recorded
Ground humidity empty
  • 8 / 12 · very wet, flooded several months a year (hydrophilous) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
Not on the record
Light 5 / 9 · half-shade
  • 6 / 9 · half-shade to half-light · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
Differs from sources
Nitrogen fixation None Sourced
Ph maximum pH 7.5 No source recorded
Source not recorded
Ph minimum pH 7 No source recorded
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Soil nutriments 7 / 9 · rich (eutrophic) Sourced
Soil salinity 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils
  • 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 174, 178, 242, 489
Sourced
Usda legacy
C n ratio empty Not on the record
Other
Propagation method — Not on the record
Soil ph indicator — Not on the record
Temperature indicator — Not on the record