naturalizedBalsaminaceae
Impatiens walleriana
Busy Lizzie
Naturalized (non-native)non-native
Introduced and now reproducing on its own in the wild.
Impatiens walleriana (syn. Impatiens sultanii), also known as busy Lizzie (United Kingdom), balsam, sultana, or simply impatiens, is a species of the genus Impatiens, native to eastern Africa from Kenya to Mozambique. It is a flowering herbaceous perennial plant growing to 15–60 cm (6–24 in) tall, with broad lanceolate leaves 3–12 cm long and 2–5 cm broad. Leaves are mostly alternate, although they may be opposite near the top of the plant. The flowers are profusely borne, 2–5 cm diameter, with...
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Seasonality
Only 5 phenology-annotated observations exist for this species in Hawaiʻi — too few to describe a season. No window is inferred.
Gallery · 4 · iNaturalist
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Where documented · 52 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 155 · GBIF 110 records
Honolulu · OʻahuiNat 21 · GBIF 24 ✓
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 20 · GBIF 17 ✓
Waiākea · HawaiʻiiNat 14 · GBIF 11 ✓
Kāneʻohe · OʻahuiNat 10 · GBIF 6 ✓
Waimea · OʻahuiNat 6 · GBIF 6 ✓
Koʻolau · MauiiNat 4 · GBIF 6 ✓
Alakahi · HawaiʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 3 ✓
Kaloko · HawaiʻiiNat 5 · GBIF 2 ✓
Waipiʻo · HawaiʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 2 ✓
Heʻeia · OʻahuiNat 4 · GBIF 2 ✓
Keʻanae · MauiiNat 3 · GBIF 2 ✓
Waiʻanae · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 2 ✓
Keauhou · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 2 ✓
Honokalani · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kaiwikinui · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waimea · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Wailuanui · MauiiNat 3 · GBIF 1 ✓
East Makaīwa · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
ʻŌmaʻopio · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Piʻihonua · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Honomū, Kuhua · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hanalei · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kahaluʻu · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kahakuloa · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waiawa · OʻahuiNat 2
ʻAlae · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waimānalo · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waiakoa · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Paeahu · MauiiNat 2
Kalopā · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Wailua · KauaʻiiNat 2
Kahaliʻi · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Makapala, Niuliʻi · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Wailuku · MauiiNat 2
Kamananui · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
ʻŌlaʻa · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
ʻĀinakea · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waiehu · MauiGBIF 2
Hāʻena · KauaʻiiNat 1
Malama 1 · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Kalapakī · KauaʻiiNat 1
Wailea · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Kailua · OʻahuiNat 1
West Makaīwa · MauiiNat 1
Kākiʻo · MauiiNat 1
Kīkoʻo · MauiiNat 1
Kapaʻa · KauaʻiiNat 1
Nāwiliwili · KauaʻiiNat 1
Keʻei 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 1