Impatiens, buttercup, good daughter, henna, quick temper.

Aliases: buttercup, good daughter flower, henna, impatience

Latin name: Impatiensbalsamina

Family name: Impatiens

Adaptation region: all over the country

Ecological classification: herbaceous plants and flowers in 2012

Ornamental classification: ornamental flowers

Morphological features:

Annual herbs. The plant height 30CM-80CM is different, the stem is thick, succulent and smooth, the node is dilated, green or dark brown, and the stem color is related to the flower color. Leaves alternate, lanceolate, with glands on both sides of the petiole. Flowers single or several clustered leaf axils, Corolla butterfly. There is a single valve. Double petal, there is white. Powder. Red. Purple and other colors. The florescence is from June to October. Seeds are apt to burst when they mature.

Impatiens have many colors: red, yellow, white. Its petals are about six or seven, and it smells exactly like rubber. There are many fluffy hairs on its petals. There is a material of pollen as big as rice on the inside of the petals and a light pink on the outside.

The leaves of impatiens are in the shape of a gold star, with a thick to thin stem in the middle, and there are many curved stems next to it. There is a separate protective ring next to it. Then look at the reverse side, the stem of the leaf can be fully reflected, all protruding out.

Some of the branches of impatiens are dark yellow, some are turquoise, and some are big green. The flowers can bloom so brightly that they all rely on branches to spread nutrients. Cut the branch with a knife and you will see some wet, sticky water. The branch is one section after another and will be lengthened constantly.

The flower seeds are produced when the flowers are about to wither. Impatiens are propagated by seeds. When the seeds are ripe, they fall off, and new impatiens will grow again the following year, so that they will not decline year after year.

Some impatiens have few stems and some have many. Some are connected with the soil, while others are pulled up as soon as they are pulled up, and there is not much soil. The stem is the main part of impatiens, its growth is good, nutrition is good or not, depends on whether the stem grows stout or not.

The florescence is from June to July.

Growth habits: positive, like warm and afraid of cold, should be loose and fertile soil

Landscape uses: flower beds, flower mirrors, flower hedges, pots

There is no textual research on who began to dye their nails with impatiens, but it has existed for a long time from ancient poems:

Yang Wei frame of the Yuan Dynasty has an impatiens poem: "the gold plate and the dew smash the fairy flower, which makes the delicate jade have time." A little worried parrot pecks, very spring peony bud. Jiao play pink tears throw red beans, play pinch flowers and wisps of Crimson clouds. The female companion met frequently to ask questions, and mistakenly recognized the palace sand several times. " There is also Lu, a female poet in the Yuan Dynasty.