Impatiens capensis & Impatiens pallida
Spotted Jewelweed & Pale Jewelweed
Family Balsaminaceae
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Use
Cooked green. Boil young shoots (no larger than
15cm or 6in) for 10-15 minutes in two changes of water.
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Description
Growth Form: Medium to tall herbaceous plant.
Leaves: Dull green, sometimes blueish in color, silvery when wet. Alternate, ovate, somewhat wider at the base and gradually tapering to tip, with rounded shallow teeth, hairless.
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Spotted Jewelweed, flower and leaf
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Pale Jewelweed
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Flowers: For Spotted Jewelweed, yellow-orange funnel-shaped pendant blossoms, spotted with reddish-orange. For Pale Jewelweed, they are yellow to pale yellow May through September/October.
Fruits: Small green seed capsule or pod.
Stem: Dull green, sometimes blueish, hairless, watery and succulent.
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Habitat and Range
Shady, and moist habitats from Canada south to Oklahoma, Alabama, and Florida.
Season
Harvest young shoots in early spring.
Fun Facts
It is also commonly called touch-me-not, because ripe seed pods burst when touched.
The crushed raw stems and leaves is thought to be a remedy for poison ivy.
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