Impatiens pahalgamensis Hook. f. in Bull. Misc. Inform. 1910: 291. 1910.

Herbs, glabrous, erect, 30 - 40 cm high; stems unbranched; internodes long. Leaves alternate, ovate to ovate-lanceolate, rounded or somewhat attenuate into petiole at base, acute at apex, coarsely crenate along margins, 4 - 5 cm long; lateral nerves 6 - 8 pairs; petiole 1 - 2 cm; stipular glands cushion-shaped or absent. Flowers small, 3 - 4 mm, rose-coloured; bracts linear or linear-lanceolate, 2 - 4 mm; peduncles erect, 3 - 6-flow-ered; pedicels not whorled, 1 - 2 cm long. Lateral sepals 2, ovate to ovate-orbicular, obtuse cuspidate, 4 mm long. Lip funnel-shaped or boat-shaped; spur gradually con-stricted, short, attenuate, incurved. Standard orbicular, ca 4 mm long, beaked at apex. Wings in bud short, broad, sessile. Capsules ellipsoid or linear-oblong, rounded at apex, 1.5 - 2 cm long; seeds few, obovoid-oblong, 3 - 6 mm long, pale, tuberculate.

Fl. & Fr. June.

Distrib. India: W. Himalayas, ca 3000 m, very rare. Jammu & Kashmir.

Endemic.