Biology:Impatiens noli-tangere

Short description: Species of flowering plant

Touch-me-not Balsam
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Balsaminaceae
Genus:	Impatiens
Species:	I. noli-tangere
Binomial name
Impatiens noli-tangere L.
Synonyms
Balsamina lutea Delarbre Balsamina noli-tangere (L.) Scop. Impatiens komarovii Pobed. Impatiens lutea Lam. nom. illeg.

Impatiens noli-tangere (touch-me-not balsam; Latin impatiēns "impatient" or "not allowing", and nōlī tangere "do not touch": literally "be unwilling to touch") is an annual herbaceous plant in the family Balsaminaceae found in damp places in Europe, Asia and North America. The yellow flowers are followed by pods which forcefully explode when ripe, ejecting the seeds for some distance.

It is also called touch-me-not, yellow balsam, jewelweed, western touch-me-not or wild balsam.

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  Botanical illustration by Otto Wilhelm Thomé, 1885

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  Flower closeup

External links

• Jepson Manual Treatment
• USDA Plants Profile

Wikidata ☰ Q158748 entry