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Touch me not / Kamantigue

Impatiens balsamina L.

Photo by Lani
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Field Notes

Habitat:

Cultivated as ornamental plant in home gardens; may be self-propagating

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Impatiens balsamina

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Comments (3)
Lani
Hi Seema, Mimosa/touch-me-not is a different plant, whose leaves fold when touched. Impatiens balsamina happens to be called touch me not, too, according to Wikipedia.
Seema
is it also callaed touch-me-not? we call mimosa touch-me-not plant

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PublishedJuly 24, 2011

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