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los-plantalones · 13 days

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y’all know what this is?!

it is a clump of jewelweed seedlings!

common jewelweed (impatiens capensis) is native to north america and likes to grow along waterways. in the summertime she grows lovely little orange flowers.

but my favorite thing about her is her sap! it’s great for topical use on irritated skin. i make salves out of it and other happy-skin plants every summer. AND anD if you apply the sap to an area of skin that’s been exposed to poison ivy, it can prevent the rash from developing.

OMG there’s a poison ivy preventative!? well. . . no. this is a more of a “i am in the middle of the woods and have no soap and water but i DO have this plant” situation.

the thing is, you have to have to apply the jewelweed sap almost immediately after exposure to urushiol (the itchy juice in poison ivy), and if you’ve been in contact with poison ivy for more than a few minutes – which most people are because they don’t recognize/notice it – then it’s DEF not going to work. urushiol is absorbed by the skin too fast.

it’s still a cool plant and it DOES reduce itchiness and irritation from dermatitis and bug bites. 🦟

#plants #plant identification #jewelweed #impatiens capensis #us native plants #plant facts #cool plants #medicinal plants #wildcraft #my photos

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wildflowers-of-southern-ontario · 6 months

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Common Jewelweed Impatiens capensis Balsaminaceae

Photograph taken on August 12, 2022, along the Culham Trail, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.

#wildflowers of southern ontario #Common Jewelweed #orange #jewelweed #spotted touch me not #touch me not #Impatiens capensis #Impatiens #Balsaminaceae #wildflowers #wildflower #flowers #flora #Culham Trail #Mississauga #Ontario #Canada

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geopsych · 2 years

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Two years ago at the lake. It won’t be as lush this year after the drought but I look forward to being there soon!

#pennsylvania #landscape #wildflowers #impatiens capensis #jewelweed #orange jewelweed #august

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faguscarolinensis · 7 months

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Impatiens capensis / Common Jewelweed at the Sarah P. Duke Gardens at Duke University in Durham, NC

#Impatiens capensis #Impatiens #Common Jewelweed #Jewelweed #Touch me not #Native plants #Native flowers #Nature photography #photographers on tumblr #Sarah P. Duke Gardens #Duke Gardens #Duke University #Durham #Durham NC #North Carolina

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vandaliatraveler · 2 years

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“Woodlot vagrant and trashy saint,

my love for you through decades grows,

Mortal skin rubbed with voodoo juice

Wards off ivy poison and chigger foes.

And from those fragile pods I pinch

a coiled-up confetti erupts,

Ah, those mundane seconds

of summer snooze

your joyful trick disrupts!

With fiery orange and yellow lips

Thirsty fliers you long seduce.

Delivered on frantic wings,

They burrow fast and draw deep sips.

Such a divine delirium

Your subtle perfume and nectar sow,

A succulent secret

Only you, me, and the bumblebee know."

Thus concludes another edition of my bad nature poetry, this time in honor of two of Appalachia’s most-beloved summer jewels (Impatiens pallida and I. capensis).

#appalachia #vandalia #west virginia #late summer #flora #wildflowers #impatiens capensis #orange jewelweed #orange balsam #spotted jewelweed #spotted touch-me-not #impatiens pallida #yellow jewelweed

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blackswallowtailbutterfly · 1 month

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Succulents Part 11--Wild Impatiens

Succulents are a wide variety of plants, spanning multiple orders. Some have succulent leaves while others have succulent stems. Cactuses are succulents, but not all succulents are cactuses. Defining what exactly makes a succulent is a little tricky. For example, cabbage leaves are considered by some to be succulent, but tulip and onion leaves apparently aren't.

All photos mine. Unedited.

Did you know we have native Impatiens in Ontario, Canada? They're called jewelweed or touch-me-not. :) I have them in my garden and they can also be found in ravines and on shorelines in swampy areas. They like a lot of water. In the Niagara escarpment under the heavy canopy with the constant moisture? They'll grow on trees, out of rocks, wherever. They're native annuals, so they rely on reseeding, but do they ever reseed! The young shoots, thankfully, are edible cooked.

#succulent plants #stem succulents #succulents #flowers #my photos #photography #blackswallowtailbutterfly #Impatiens #wild impatiens #spotted touch-me-not #garden flowers #jewelweed #spotted jewelweed #Impatiens capensis #wildflowers #my garden #native North American plants

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continent-of-wild-endeavor · 2 years

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Impatiens capensis - Jewelweed

#plant id #native plants #jewelweed #impatiens #impatiens capensis #medicinal plants #wildflowers

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aisling-saoirse · 10 months

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Orange Jewelweed growing out of the creek

#tumblr made editing posts incredibly annoying #spotted touch me not #orange jewelweed #a very effective poison ivy cure saved me the other day #impatiens capensis

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deathtek · 2 years

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7/30/22

#orange jewelweed #impatiens capensis #asterids #ericales #balsaminaceae #plant #flowering plant

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thebelmontrooster · 7 months

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Wildflower Walk ?

Hello everyone! I hope this post finds you all well. I apologize for not posting for a while. It has been a weird summer for sure with the heat and drought. I was busy with the garden picking sweet corn and green beans right up until August 17. Somehow I managed to get 455 ears of sweet corn in the freezer, and thanks to the ‘Provider’ green beans, 34 quarts of green beans. Of course, not all the…

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#Ambrosia bidentata (Lanceleaf Ragweed)#Asclepias hirtella (Prairie/Tall Green Milkweed)#Asclepias syriaca (Common Milkweed)#Bidens aristosa (Tickseed Sunflower or Bearded Beggarticks)#Datura stramonium (Jimson Weed)#Elephantopus carolinianus (Leafy Elephant&039;s Foot)#Erechtites hieraciifolius (Fireweed/Pilewort)#Erigeron annuus (Annual or Daisy Fleabane)#Etc.)#Eupatorium serotinum (Late Boneset)#Impatiens capensis (Jewelweed)#Lespedeza cuneata (Chinese Bushclover)#Persicaria hydropiper (Water Pepper)#Persicaria pensylvanica (Pinkweed)#Phytolacca americana (American Pokeweed)#roton capitatus (Hogwort/Woolly Croton/Goatweed)#Rudbeckia hirta (Black-Eyed Susan)#Sida spinosa (Prickly Fanpetals)#Solanum sarrachoides (Hairy Nightshade)#Solidago sp. (Goldenrod)#Symphyotrichum lateriflorum (Calico Aster)#Tridens flavus (Purpletop #Tripsacum dactyloides (Eastern Gamagrass)#Verbesina virginica (White Crownbeard/Frostweed)#Vernonia missurica (Missouri Ironweed)

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gatorskulls · 6 months

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Something simple I started back in June for Junicorn, but ended up abandoning for a bit. I revisited it this month and reworked the colors, I'm liking it a lot more now :,)

The flowers featured are Jewelweed (Impatiens capensis), also known as spotted touch-me-not. It's a native plant to North America/Turtle Island. Here in Atlanta I mostly see it growing in the swampy areas of creeks all throughout spring and summer! The flowers tend to show up well into the summer season. By now the plants have mostly died back due to the cold, but a few are still hanging on. Here's a link to the plant profile by the US Forest Service if you want to learn more: https://www.fs.usda.gov/wildflowers/plant-of-the-week/impatiens_capensis.shtml

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dailybotany · 8 months

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Hey y'all -- senior thesis fieldwork has not been going smoothly and that (among other life things) has put me in a bit of a funk. Currently, things are looking up again (I will be able to get to one of my field sites within the week!!!) so hopefully I will be back to making more in depth posts soon!

I do have some marinating (Impatiens capensis, Toxicodendron spp, Monotropa uniflora + some asks that require an hour or so of research apiece) but I am not sure when those will actually come to fruition. Meanwhile, I'll keep reblogging other people's plant things and occasionally posting photos of my own!

#update #raincoats speaks

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faguscarolinensis · 8 months

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