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Impatiens are off the list, too, ever since the scourge of impatiens downy mildew started spreading across the land.

From Washington Post • Apr. 6, 2015

It is a suburban idyll trimmed by red and white Impatiens, finished inside with dark oak paneling and filled with photographs of the children.

From Time Magazine Archive

I have only recorded a single instance, and in this a honey bee was seen to perforate the fragile spurs of Impatiens.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 841, February 13, 1892 by Various

Tradescantia and Commelina become much less common towards the Kala Panee, as well as the Impatiens of Churra, but their place is supplied by others. 

From Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries by Griffith, William

Bennett, A.W., on Viola tricolor. structure of Impatiens fulva. plants flowering in winter. bees frequenting flowers of same species.

From Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom by Darwin, Charles