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Impatiens pallida
Yellow flowers with 5 petals, 3 sepals, and reproductive organs within the tubular corolla. Each fertilized flower is replaced by a seedpod that's up to 2" long. The seed pods have projectile seeds that explode out of the pods when they are lightly touched, hence the name 'touch-me-not'.
Spotted on the border between a meadow and a deciduous forest.
My kids LOVE this plant and would spend hours popping the seedpods if they could!
Spotted on Sep 8, 2017
Submitted on Sep 8, 2017
9 Comments
Thanks for all the comments! My oldest son has autism and LOVES popping the seedpods - it's like nature therapy! He stops at every bush we pass and pops away with all the ripest pods. I admit that I love popping them too though, and it's amazing the force with which the seeds burst out when pressed! :)
One of MY VERY FAVORITE woodland flowers, Christine!!
You just cannot help squeezing them to make them "pop"!
Perfect series!! ;)
Nature are sooo awesome....
Great spotting btw
:D
Fantastic spotting!
Your welcome, Christine Y.
Never! have I seen such beauty, coming from one flower...
Your welcome, Christine Y.
Thanks maplemoth
Beautiful flower, with beautiful colors...