OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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Most habitat and range descriptions were obtained from Weakley's Flora.

Your search found 3 taxa in the family Balsaminaceae, Touch-me-not family, as understood by Weakley's Flora.

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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Pale Jewelweed, Pale Touch-me-not, Yellow Jewelweed, Yellow Touch-me-not

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Impatiens pallida   FAMILY: Balsaminaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Impatiens pallida   FAMILY: Balsaminaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Impatiens pallida 118-01-001   FAMILY: Balsaminaceae

 

Habitat: Cove forests, streambanks, seepages, moist forests, bogs, roadsides

Common in NC Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Native to North Carolina & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Spotted Jewelweed, Spotted Touch-me-not, Orange Jewelweed, Orange Touch-me-not

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Impatiens capensis   FAMILY: Balsaminaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Impatiens capensis   FAMILY: Balsaminaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Impatiens capensis 118-01-002   FAMILY: Balsaminaceae

 

Habitat: Moist forests, bottomlands, cove forests, streambanks, bogs

Common (uncommon in GA Coastal Plain)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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Common Name: Ornamental Jewelweed, Himalayan Balsam, Himalaya Touch-me-not, Indian Balsam

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Impatiens glandulifera   FAMILY: Balsaminaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Impatiens glandulifera   FAMILY: Balsaminaceae

 

Habitat: Disturbed areas

Waif(s)

Non-native: Asia

 


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"Although prairies may be grasslands in terms of sheer volume of vegetation, about three out of every four plant species found there are wildflowers. Prairies are blossom lands and thus, butterfly lands." — Douglas Chadwick, The American Prairie, Root of the Sky, National Geographic, October 1993