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Yellow Jewelweed Yellow flowers with 5 petals, 3 sepals, and reproductive organs within the tubular corolla. Each fertilized flower is replaced by a seedpod that's up to 2" long. The seed pods have projectile seeds that explode out of the pods when they are lightly touched, hence the name 'touch-me-not'. Geotagged,Impatiens pallida,Jewelweed,Pale jewelweed,Summer,United States,Yellow Jewelweed Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

Yellow Jewelweed

Yellow flowers with 5 petals, 3 sepals, and reproductive organs within the tubular corolla. Each fertilized flower is replaced by a seedpod that's up to 2" long. The seed pods have projectile seeds that explode out of the pods when they are lightly touched, hence the name 'touch-me-not'.

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    Christine Young
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    Here's a link showing the action of the seeds ejecting:
    Posted 7 years ago

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The Pale jewelweed

"Impatiens pallida" is a flowering plant native to Canada and the United States. It grows in moist to wet soils, generally alongside the closely related "Impatiens capensis", producing flowers from midsummer through fall.

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Similar species: Ericales
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By Christine Young

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Uploaded Jan 9, 2018. Captured Aug 28, 2017 11:10 in 5 East St, New Milford, CT 06776, USA.
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  • Canon EOS 60D
  • f/5.6
  • 1/197s
  • ISO400
  • 100mm
Captured in the summer. More summer photos.

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