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Impatiens capensis
Bell-shaped flower, orange, red, yellow.
Near sources of water and bottomlands.
Orange jewelweed disperses its seeds via ballistic dispersal. Once the seed pods are mature, a touch will cause them to peel back, expelling the seeds.
Spotted on Jul 24, 2010
Submitted on Feb 5, 2011
2 Comments
This would be an excellent addition to th eseed and seed pods mission. Please consider joining!!
http://www.projectnoah.org/my/missions
pretty pic of the "touch-me-not"