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Yellow Jewelweed

Impatiens pallida

Photo by CourtneyVerk
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Field Notes

Description:

I've seen yellow, orange and pink varieties.

Habitat:

Marshy areas.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (4)
CourtneyVerk
I will split these spotting as per your reco. Thank you Dandoucette!
rubens.luciano
Thanks Dan for the information. In Brazil the Impatiens walleriana is very common in humid areas and have the same behavior.
Dan Doucette
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_pallida and the orange is Orange Jewelweed or Spotted Touch-me-not -I. capensis http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_Jewelweed @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.

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Flowers of North America
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Wildlife of the Niagara Region
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PublishedOctober 12, 2011

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