Impatiens bracteolata Hook. f. in Rec. Bot. Surv. India 4: 31. 1905.

Herbs, annual; stems branched, glabrous below petioles, winged on either side, wings hyaline and wavy. Leaves alternate, ovate, acuminate at apex, finely serrate-dentate along margins with lowermost teeth filiform, wine-red below, 5 - 10 x 3 - 5 cm; petiole 1.2 - 3 cm long, glabrous. Flowers 3 - 3.5 cm; bracts persistent, lanceolate, 3 mm long; peduncles 1.5 - 4.2 cm long, glabrous, with few pedicels. Lateral sepals obliquely ovate. Lip trumpet-shaped, spurred; spur 3.5 cm long. Standard orbicular, 0.9 - 1 cm. Wings 2.5 - 3.5 cm long; basal lobes ovate-triangular, 1 - 1.5 cm; distal lobes narrowly ovate but narrowed just above middle, 1.5 - 2 cm. Capsules narrow, 3 mm long, glabrous.

Fl. & Fr. June-Dec.

Distrib. India: E. Himalayas, ca 1500 - 2200 m. Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Meghalaya.

Endemic.