20 Seeds w/growing guidelines
Impatiens capensis, commonly called spotted touch-me-not or jewelweed, is a native annual plant of boggy, shady areas. It typically occurs in low woodlands and thickets, along stream banks and in swampy areas. It grows 2-5' tall on weak, watery stems. Features 1" long, rear-spurred, cornucopia-shaped, orange to orange-yellow flowers with reddish-brown spotting. Flowers give way to slender seed capsules which when ripe explosively split open at a touch dispersing the tiny seeds within in all directions, hence the common name of touch-me-not. This plant often forms colonies by reseeding itself. Oval, coarsely-toothed leaves (to 3.5" long).
Native Americans used the watery plant juices to relieve itching associated with poison ivy, stinging nettle and insect bites.
Other Names: Spotted Touch-me-not, Orange Jewelweed, Common Jewelweed, Spotted Jewelweed, Jewel Weed. Syn: Balsamina capensis, Balsamina fulva, Chrysaea biflora, Impatiens biflora.
