Jewelweed (Spotted Touch-me-not)
Impatiens capensis
Jewelweed is an entertaining plant. The ripe seedpods pop open at a gentle touch, hence the name touch-me-not. Water drops bead up on the leaves, and a leaf held underwater has a silver sheen.
Jewelweed
Related Category: Plants
common name for the Balsaminaceae, a family of widely distributed annual and perennial herbs. The principal genus is Impatiens, so named because of the sudden bursting of the mature seed capsules when touched.
Index- plants in this Family
Balsaminaceae / Touch-me-nots Jewelweed (Impatiens capensis)
Jewelweed is also known as Spotted Touch-me-not and Jewel Weed. ...
Jewelweed are native of humus rich soils in sunny, open spots in woods in North America. Most species are fast-growing annuals with upright stems crowned by lose racemes of rose, yellowor bright orange flowers.
Sapphire jewelweed's serrated leaves are the color of polished jade, while the flowers are a remarkable sapphire blue.
Spotted jewelweed
Luxuriant stands of spotted jewelweed or touch-me-nots (Impatiens capensis) begin flowering in mid-July and continue to blossom until the translucent stems are destroyed by frost.
Family: Jewelweed (Balsarninaceae)
Flowering: May-October
Field Marks: This jewelweed is distinguished by its pale yellow flowers and succulent stems.
Habitat: Low woods, swamps, stream banks, wet meadows.
Impatiens spp, Jewelweeds
capensis, Spotted Jewelweed
pallida, Pale Jewelweed
Lathyrus spp, Sweet Peas ...
Yellow Jewelweed [English]: Impatiens pallida
Yellow Joy Daylily [English]: Hemerocallis 'Yellow Joy'
Yellow Joy Weed [English]: Alternanthera flavescens
Yellow Joyweed [English]: Alternanthera flavescens ...
It has long been known throughout folk history that jewelweed is a remedy against one of its most closely associated companion plants: poison ivy (Rhus radicans).
Himalayan Balsam - Impatiens glandulifera is also known as Poor Man's Orchid, Indian Touch-Me-Not, Pink Peril, Policeman's Helmet, Ornamental Jewelweed.
Impatiens capensis (Balsaminaceae) - Also Known as "Jewelweed", the juice of this plant is a remedy for Poison Ivy. Although the shoots appear early, the plant doesn't bloom until mid summer. (Photographed in PA,WI) ...
The names Impatiens and Touch-Me-Not refer to the seed pods' explosive and abrupt opening of the fruit when touched. I. capensis, commonly known as Jewelweed, is a folk remedy for poison ivy, but there is no scientific proof of its effectiveness.
#282 Impatiens wallerana
Common Names: impatiens, touch-me-not, jewel weed, sultana
Family: Balsaminaceae (balsam or jewelweed Family)
Wallpaper Gallery (4 images) ...
Jewelweed, spotted touch-me-not (Impatiens capensis)
Job's tears (Coix lacryma-jobi)
Joe Pye weed (Eupatorium purpureum)
Joseph's coat (Amaranthus tricolor)
Judas tree, redbud (Cercis siliquastrum)
Juniper (Juniperus species) ...
 See also: Impatiens, Orange, Balsa, Touch-me-not, Balsam
  
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