Balsam Family

Pixham, England, United Kingdom

Maryland, United States

Cadron Township, Arkansas, United States

Orange or Spotted jewelweedBalsaminaceae (Balsam family)Native to North AmericaPhoto: Tualatin, OregonNative Americans used the watery plant juices to relieve itching associated with poison ivy, stinging nettle and insect bites.EtymologyGenus name Impatiens is from the Latin word impatiens meaning impatient in reference to the violent seed discharge from the ripe pods.Specific epithet means of the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa, but this is a misnomer here as this plant is native to North America.www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/

TL720867. RSPB Lakenheath. Suffolk.

Hirschberg, Thuringia, Germany

2010.07.23 N Gnserndorf (bayou, 150 m AMSL).Habitus; note the "waxy" look of stems, very typical for this species.German name: Drsen-SpringkrautID: Fischer & al., Exkursionsflora (2008 3rd)

Rothenbuerg, Bavaria, Germany

Selbitz, Bavaria, Germany

2011-07-24 Upper Austria, district Rohrbach (near Brcklbachl, Lembach; 530 msm Quadrant 7549/1).German name: Drsen-SpringkrautNot native to Austria, invasive.

Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Selbitz, Bavaria, Germany

Furuvik, Gavleborg, Sweden

Hastings Country Park.

Rothenbuerg, Bavaria, Germany

2011-07-24 Upper Austria, district Rohrbach (near Brcklbachl, Lembach; 530 msm Quadrant 7549/1).German names: Drsen-Springkraut (I. glandulifera) + Klein-Springkraut (I. parviflora)Here both invasive Impatiens species in the same habitat.

St. Ann's Chapel, England, United Kingdom

2011-07-10 Lower Austria, district Bruck/Leitha - Fischa alluvial forest (160 msm Quadrant 7965/1).German name: Drsen-SpringkrautCommon and invasive, especially in habitats like this one - alluvial wetland forests.

2011-04-16 Lower Austria, district Wien-Umgebung (near road; 320 msm Quadrant 7862/1).Seedling.German name: Drsen-SpringkrautSeedlings of Impatiens glandulifera are big and 'plump', of darker colour than both its cousins; the first leaves (the cotyledons) are pretty much round, and of an oval shape are their first 'true' leaves - but still significantly different, on first sight really if you know them both, from I. noli-tangere.Please compare general comments on Impatiens seedlings.