Impatiens pallida Nuttall. Common name: Yellow Jewelweed, Yellow Touch-me-not, Pale Touch-me-not. Phenology: Jul-Sep. Habitat: Cove forests, streambanks, seepages, moist forests, bogs, roadsides. Distribution: NS and QC west to SK, south to e. VA, wc. NC, TN, WV, n. AR, and OK.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Taxonomy Comments: A white form (f. speciosa) is occasionally encountered.
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, Can, F, FNA13, G, GrPl, GW2, Il, K4, Mi, Mo2, NE, NY, Pa, RAB, S, S13, Tat, Tn, Va, W, WV. Basionym: Impatiens pallida Nutt. 1818
Links to other floras: = Impatiens pallida - FNA13
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACW
- Great Plains: FACW
- Midwest: FACW
- Northcentral & Northeast: FACW
Heliophily ⓘ: 3
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Horticultural Information
Intro: Upright to leaning annual of cove forests, other moist forests, stream banks, seepages, bogs and roadsides; can occur in dense stands.
Stems: Stems succulent-watery, branched above, glossy and smooth.
Leaves: Leaves alternate, petiolate, oval, to 4 in. long, with broadly toothed margins and soft grayish-green with a hairless, water-repellent surface.
Inforescence:
Flowers: Flowers dangle on slender stalks from upper leaf axils; they are yellow (rarely creamy white), sometimes with reddish spots on the inside, 1-1 1/2 in. in. long, bilaterally symmetric and cornucopia-like, with a backward-pointing spur and 2 lips, the lower one larger and split into 2 lobes.
Fruits: Fruit a fleshy green capsule that explodes open, flinging turqouise-colored seeds.
Comments: Resembles I. capensis but with yellow flower that, overall, is larger but with a shorter spur.
Height: 2-6 ft.
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description: Upright to leaning annual of cove forests, other moist forests, stream banks, seepages, bogs and roadsides; can occur in dense stands.
stems: Stems succulent-watery, branched above, glossy and smooth.
leaves: Leaves alternate, petiolate, oval, to 4 in. long, with broadly toothed margins and soft grayish-green with a hairless, water-repellent surface.
inflorescence:
flowers: Flowers dangle on slender stalks from upper leaf axils; they are yellow (rarely creamy white), sometimes with reddish spots on the inside, 1-1 1/2 in. in. long, bilaterally symmetric and cornucopia-like, with a backward-pointing spur and 2 lips, the lower one larger and split into 2 lobes.
fruits: Fruit a fleshy green capsule that explodes open, flinging turqouise-colored seeds.
comments: Resembles I. capensis but with yellow flower that, overall, is larger but with a shorter spur.
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