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Common Name: Jewelweed
Scientic Name: Impatiens capensis
Colors: Orange
Months Appearing: October

Also called Spotted Touch - me - not. Native. Annual. Up to 5 feet tall.

Juice from stem may sooth sting from nettles.

Ripe seed pods explode with touch.

Flower is tube shaped with long spur.

Leaves are hairless,oval with widely spaced teeth.

Shady wet soil. White Pine Trail, Big Rapids, Mi. 10/1, 0873, 0875