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Yellow touch-me-not
Impatiens pallida
53.7577, 20.4545
Field Notes
Description:
The name “Touch-Me-Not” comes from the explosive seedpods, which give no end of entertainment to children and any adults who are not beyond being entertained by natural amusements. The pods have parallel ribs connected by a thin membrane, and the membrane gets thinner and weaker as the pod ripens. At length the membrane can be ruptured by the slightest touch, and then the ribs instantly coil into springs, sending seeds flying in all directions.
Habitat:
It grows in moist to wet soils, generally alongside the closely related Impatiens capensis, producing flowers from midsummer through fall.
Apparently native to the United States.
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Impatiens pallida
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PublishedJuly 19, 2011
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