Common Name:
pale
touch-me-not
Common Name Synonym:
pale jewelweed
Scientific Name:
Impatiens pallida
Family Name:
Balsaminaceae
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Touch-Me-Not Family
Life Cycle
native annual, reproducing by seed
Stems
smooth, branched, tall, translucent, watery when broken
Leaves
ovate or elliptic, thin, hairless, toothed margins, lower opposite, upper alternate, water beads on surface
Flowers
pale yellow, funnel-shaped, brown spots in throat only, curved spur at funnel point; axillary clusters, 2-4 flowered
