Common name: Busy Lizzie, Balsam, Impatiens 非洲鳳仙花
Family: Balsaminaceae 鳳仙花科
Origin: Eastern Africa
Location: Lai Chi Kok Park

It is a herbaceous perennial plant growing to 15-60 cm tall, with broad lanceolate leaves 3-12 cm long and 2-5 cm broad. The flowers are profusely borne, 2-5 cm diameter, with five petals and a 1 cm spur. The seedpod explodes when ripe in the same manner as other Impatiens species, an evolutionary adaptation for seed dispersal.