Jewelweed Vein Gall - Neolasioptera impatientifolia

Habitat: On Impatiens pallida in a meadow.

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Patomarazul

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So beautiful! I wonder what is in it...will it survive now that the leaf has fallen off the tree? Posted 6 years ago
1. Christine Young
  
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  Thanks! I was tempted to cut it open, but my son cried that I would kill it. At the time, we had just had a huge storm that had destroyed a ton of flowering plants; we found many leaves with these galls - still on the plant and also on the ground. I am so curious what they are. Posted 6 years ago
2. 1. Patomarazul
    
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    Yes, me too! Maybe you will see the ones still in the plant hatch later on :-) Posted 6 years ago

Flown Kimmerling

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Was it a tree or shrub? Or do you remember? Posted 6 years ago
1. Christine Young
  
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  It wasn't a tree - I think it might have been Impatiens capensis. We were popping seed pods when I found these galls....There were a bunch of them - all on the underside of leaf veins. I need to start carrying my notebook with me again to take notes! Posted 6 years ago