Impatiens jerdoniae is a species of flowering plant in the family Balsaminaceae. It is native to the Western Ghats of India. It was described[1] and named by Robert Wight and commemorates Flora Jerdon, wife of Thomas C. Jerdon. It grows on rocks and as an epiphyte on trees.[2]

References

  1. ^ Wight, R. (1846). Icones Plantarum Indiae Orientalis. Vol. 4. p. 1602.
  2. ^ Gamble, J.S. (1935). Flora of the Presidency of Madras. Part I. Ranunculaceae to Opiliaceae. London: West, Newman & Co. p. 139.