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Yellow Jewelweed

Impatiens pallida

Description:

I've seen yellow, orange and pink varieties.

Habitat:

Marshy areas.

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4 Comments

CourtneyVerk
CourtneyVerk 12 years ago

I will split these spotting as per your reco.
Thank you Dandoucette!

rubens.luciano
rubens.luciano 12 years ago

Thanks Dan for the information. In Brazil the Impatiens walleriana is very common in humid areas and have the same behavior.

Dan Doucette
Dan Doucette 12 years ago

Courtney, the yellow and the orange are actually different species and you could split them into 2 spottings. The yellow is Yellow Jewelweed - I. pallida
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impatiens_p...
and the orange is Orange Jewelweed or Spotted Touch-me-not -I. capensis
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_Jewe...
@rubens, the plant has this name because when it's seepods are ripe they explode with just a light touch. Other types of Impatiens have similar exploding seedpods.

rubens.luciano
rubens.luciano 12 years ago

Courtney, why this plant have this name ?

CourtneyVerk
Spotted by
CourtneyVerk

Ontario, Canada

Spotted on Sep 20, 2011
Submitted on Oct 12, 2011

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