Index / Search / Impatiens walleriana
§1 Plant
Impatiens walleriana Hook. f.
vernacular buzzy lizzy — species · Balsaminaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Annual, Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Balsaminaceae A. Rich.
- Genus
- Impatiens
§2a
Native status, by region
- HI Hawaii Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
- PB Pacific Basin (except Hawaii) Introduced
- PR Puerto Rico Introduced
§2b
County-level range
· 7 counties across 4 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 7 counties across 4 states/territories.
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Florida view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Hawaii view state ↗ 4 I ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 1 I ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/IMWA ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2891772 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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