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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Impatiens pallida   FAMILY Balsaminaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Impatiens pallida   FAMILY Balsaminaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 118-01-001:

Impatiens pallida   FAMILY Balsaminaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Impatiens pallida

 

COMMON NAME:
Pale Jewelweed, Pale Touch-me-not, Yellow Jewelweed, Yellow Touch-me-not


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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_impa_001_lvd

        

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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_impa_007_lvd

        

image of Impatiens pallida, Pale Jewelweed, Pale Touch-me-not, Yellow Jewelweed, Yellow Touch-me-not

JK Marlow    jkm140418_293

April    Sevier County    TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

image of Impatiens pallida, Pale Jewelweed, Pale Touch-me-not, Yellow Jewelweed, Yellow Touch-me-not

JK Marlow    jkm0506p_25

June    Jackson County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

Leaves elliptic to elliptic-ovate, crenate, with rounded base, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Impatiens pallida, Pale Jewelweed, Pale Touch-me-not, Yellow Jewelweed, Yellow Touch-me-not

Keith Bradley    kab_i_pallida_0417

June    Avery County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

image of Impatiens pallida, Pale Jewelweed, Pale Touch-me-not, Yellow Jewelweed, Yellow Touch-me-not

JK Marlow    jkm090726_111

July    Buncombe County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

image of Impatiens pallida, Pale Jewelweed, Pale Touch-me-not, Yellow Jewelweed, Yellow Touch-me-not

JK Marlow    jkm090726_113

July    Buncombe County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

Sac-like sepal constricts abruptly into a spur curving down at right angle, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).


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image of Impatiens pallida, Pale Jewelweed, Pale Touch-me-not, Yellow Jewelweed, Yellow Touch-me-not

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_i_pallida_pale

July    Towns-Union Counties    GA

Brasstown Bald

image of Impatiens pallida, Pale Jewelweed, Pale Touch-me-not, Yellow Jewelweed, Yellow Touch-me-not

Samantha Tessel    sam071323_4419

July    Greenville County    SC

Greenville Watershed

Lemon yellow (sometimes cream) flowers that may be sparingly spotted, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Impatiens pallida, Pale Jewelweed, Pale Touch-me-not, Yellow Jewelweed, Yellow Touch-me-not

Ben Geer Keys    bgk747_a

August        

image of Impatiens pallida, Pale Jewelweed, Pale Touch-me-not, Yellow Jewelweed, Yellow Touch-me-not

JK Marlow    jkm0308v_21

August    Haywood County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (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) 118-01-001:
Impatiens pallida   FAMILY Balsaminaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Impatiens pallida

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

747

Forb
Annual

Habitat: cove forests, streambanks, seepages, moist forests, bogs, roadsides, per Weakley's Flora

Native to North Carolina & Georgia

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

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Yellow
Bilaterally symmetrical
3 sepals
5 petals
5 stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Brown
Capsule

 

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