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Orange Balsam

Impatiens capensis

3,382Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
42Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr9
May50
Jun120
Jul530
Aug1,432
Sep1,035
Oct51
Nov1
Dec98

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England283
2West Berkshire England182
3Surrey England155
4Oxfordshire England120
5Cambridgeshire England70
6Worcestershire England68
7Northamptonshire England64
8Gloucestershire England46
9Essex England36
10Nottinghamshire England33
11Cheshire East England29
12Peterborough England24
13Kent England20
14Dorset England20
15Rutland England16
2,536 England1 Scotland38 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 42 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
3,382
Peak month
August
Counties with records
42
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Impatiens capensis
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
4,589
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Ericales
Family
Balsaminaceae
Genus
Impatiens
Name with authority
Impatiens capensis Meerb.
Contributing datasets
31

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2462343 · GBIF 2891774