Jewelweed


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An annual plant, the crushed leaves and stem juice of which is used topically for bites, eczema, and poison ivy
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Yellow jewelweed, pale touch-me-not; Gravel lot and adjacent field; Rare; C = 4; BSUH 18027.
The vascular flora and vegetational communities of Munsee Woods Nature Preserve, Delaware County, Indiana
Jewelweed is an ode to "ditch beauty" -- the small, fragile bursts of bright hope that unfurl even in the unlikeliest of places.
Jewelweed
impatiens Any of various plants of the genus Impatiens, which includes the jewelweed.
Flower family knows its roots
Yellow jewelweed individuals are often found growing in close proximity to related individuals and are known to respond strongly to aboveground competition, making this species a likely candidate for kin recognition.
Some plants can recognize their 'relatives' from 'strangers'
Commonly known as both spotted touch-me-not or jewelweed, this native wildflower is found in moist woods from Georgia to New Brunswick.
Jewelweed: Impatiens capensis
Apple trees hanging heavy with fruit but yet unaccountably blossoming, ice rimming the spring, okra plants blooming on the hillsides, ditch banks full of orange jewelweed, white blossoms on dogwood, purple on redbud.
Mythes, poesie et musique (dans les grands mythes-poemes)
I'm surrounded by tussock sedge, alder, jewelweed, skunk cabbage, and swamp rose.
Consider the turtles of the field: many evangelicals find themselves in an emerging theological habitat, where care of creation is central to mission
Down by the creek, the prim patch of daffodils is now a jungle of jewelweed, muscadine, loosestrife, and the towering stalks of some dark ferocity even Adam and Eve never were able to name.
Garden Passages
It is 95 percent aloe, combined with jewelweed extract and yucca glauca root extract.
Blocking the Burn
Then there's jewelweed, also known as touch-me-not because its ripe capsules explode to the touch with a shower of seeds.
Roadside Attraction - Some of the best places to see wildflowers and other native species these days are along America's back roads and highways
Thinning reduces the effect of rust infection on jewelweed (Impatiens capensis).
Ants, stem-borers, and fungal pathogens: experimental tests of a fitness advantage in Piper ant-plants
Impatiens capensis, or jewelweed, is studied here because its life-history characteristics ameliorate both of these difficulties.
Fitness variation across a subdivided population of the annual plant Impatiens capensis

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