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| name = ''Impatiens oliverii''
|familia=Balsaminaceae
| common_names = Poor Man's Rhododendron
|genus=Impatiens
| growth_habit = herbaceous
|species=sodenii
| high = 8-10ft
|common_name=Oliver's Impatiens
| wide = 10ft
|habit=herbaceous
| origin = <!--- Mexico, S America, S Europe, garden, etc -->
|Min ht box=2
| poisonous = <!--- indicate parts of plants which are known/thought to be poisonous -->
|Min ht metric=m
| lifespan = perennial
|Max ht box=3
| exposure = <!--- sun, part-sun, semi-shade, shade, indoors, bright filtered (you may list more than 1) -->
|Max ht metric=m
| water = <!--- frequent, regular, drought tolerant, let dry then soak -->
|Min wd box=2
| features = flowers
|Min wd metric=m
| hardiness = tender <!--- frost sensitive, 5[[Celsius|°C]], etc -->
|Max wd box=3
| bloom = <!--- seasons which the plant blooms, if it is grown for its flowers -->
|Max wd metric=m
| usda_zones = <!--- eg. 8-11 -->
|origin=Tropical E Africa
|lifespan=perennial
| color = IndianRed
|features=flowers
| image = Upload.png <!--- Freesia.jpg -->
|Temp Metric=°F
| image_width = 240px <!--- leave as 240px if horizontal orientation photo, or change to 180px if vertical -->
|image=Starr 061205-1896 Impatiens sodenii.jpg
|image_width=240
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''[[Impatiens]] sodenii'' (syn. ''I. oliverii'') is known as Oliver's Impatiens or Oliver's Touch-me-not. Leaves to 20 cm long and 5 cm broad, in whorls of six to eight. Flowers white or pale pink, up to 6 cm diameter.
''[[Impatiens]] oliverii'' (syn. sodenii) is known as the Poor Man's Rhododendron.
:''More information about this species can be found on the [[Impatiens|genus page]].''
:''More information about this species can be found on the [[Impatiens|genus page]].''
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Impatiens oliveri, Wright. Glabrous, reaching 4-8 ft., erect, the sts. pale green: lvs. 4-8 at a node, oblanceolate, acute or acuminate, to 8 in. long, dentate-ciliate: fls. 2 ¼ in. across, pale lilac or rose-colored, almost white beneath, on 1-fld. peduncles about 2 ½ in. long; lateral sepals ovate and acuminate, much shorter than the petals; lip ovate, funnel-shaped, with abrupt reflexed mucro; spur 1 ¾ in.long, curved, slender; standard nearly orbicular, recurved and apiculate at apex; wings deeply 2-lobed, the terminal lobe obovate and the lateral obcordate: fr. oblong. Trop. E. Afr., 6,000-8,000 ft. altitude.—An excellent greenhouse subject and also useful in the open border. It makes a very showy plant when given cool greenhouse treatment, producing a bush 10 ft. through. Prop, readily either by seeds or cuttings, the former being produced freely.
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==Cultivation==
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