Characteristics
Impatiens capensis Meerb.
spotted jewelweed, spotted touch-me-not
Floodplain forests, wet forests, seepage areas, swamps, marshes, fens, stream banks, thickets, disturbed areas, shaded roadsides and trail edges, and ditches. A very common annual of wet to mesic soils, preferring wetter sites. It can form dense large stands.
Herbaceous
Annual
Vascular
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Native
FACW (NWPL EMP)
FACW (NWPL NCNE)
S5 (State Rank)
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Classification
Eudicots
Ericales
Impatiens capensis Meerb. - spotted jewelweed, spotted touch-me-not
Citation
Impatiens capensis Meerb.
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Species Distribution Map
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