i think a photo might be of use; http://flickr.com/photos/58391037@N04/… thank you. ========= tsuh yang --- On Wed, 9/28/11, Pia <piabinha@yahoo.com> wrote: > 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?