NAME: Impatiens walleriana
FAMILY: Balsaminaceae
COMMON NAMES: busy Lizzie (British Isles), balsam, sultana, or simply impatiens
LOCAL NAMES: Fleissiges Lieschen, Sultansbalsemien, busy-lizzie

USEFUL PART(s): leaves, stems, flowers, roots.

GENERAL USES:

Leaves and roots dried, pounded mixed with water, juice drank as abortifacient.
North American impatiens has been used as herbal remedies for the treatment of bee stings, insect bites, and stinging nettle (Urtica dioica) rashes.
They are also used after poison ivy (Toxicodendron radicans) contact to prevent a rash from developing.

GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION

Southeastern Kenya
Tanzania
Southern Malawi
Western Mozambique
Eastern Zimbabwe
North America
Australia
Several Pacific islands

WHY IS IT GREEN?

Impatiens walleriana medicinal values include:

poison ivy
gastro-intestinal canal
allergic reaction
athlete’s foot
dandruff

FURTHER READINGS

"The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species". Retrieved 20 January 2014.

Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN 184533731X.

Eckehart J. Jäger, Friedrich Ebel, Peter Hanelt, Gerd K. Müller (ed.): Rothmaler excursion flora of Germany. Volume 5: Herbaceous ornamental and useful plants. Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg 2008, ISBN 978-3-8274-0918-8

Jump up to:a b RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 1405332964.

"RHS Plant Selector - Impatiens Accent series". Retrieved 23 June 2013.

"RHS Plant Selector - Impatiens walleriana Super Elfin Series". Retrieved 23 June2013.

"RHS Plant Selector - Impatiens walleriana Tempo Series". Retrieved 23 June2013.

Pink, A. (2004). Gardening for the Million. Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation.

"AGM Plants - Ornamental" (PDF). Royal Horticultural Society. July 2017. p. 52. Retrieved 10 March 2018.

"RHS Plantfinder - Impatiens 'Divine Violet' (Divine Series)". Retrieved 12 March2018.

"RHS Plantfinder - Impatiens Magnum Wild Salmon (Magnum Series)". Retrieved 12 March 2018.

"RHS Plantfinder - Impatiens SunPatiens Compact Blush Pink = Sakimp013 (SunPatiens Series)". Retrieved 12 March 2018.

"RHS Plantfinder - Impatiens SunPatiens Compact Electric Orange = 'Sakimp025' (SunPatiens Series)". Retrieved 12 March 2018.

"RHS Plantfinder - Impatiens SunPatiens Compact Orange = 'Sakimp011'". Retrieved 7 March 2018.

"RHS Plantfinder - Impatiens SunPatiens Spreading Variegated Salmon = 'Sakimp005' (SunPatiens Series)". Retrieved 7 March 2018.

"RHS Plantfinder - Impatiens Spreading Variegated White = 'Sakimp018' (SunPatiens Series)". Retrieved 12 March 2018.