OT: Impatiens
Pia (Wed, 28 Sep 2011 20:29:26 PDT)

i was wondering if anyone could identify a plant i saw at the brooklyn botanic garden recently. it's a pale red flowered Impatiens, with rather thick stems, and the leaves are very distinctive: they are narrow and serrated at the edges, and have a dusting of silver on them. the seedpods are hairy, which made me think they might be himalayan in origin?