| Scientific Name: | Impatiens capensis |
| Common Name: | jewelweed, orange balsam |
| Family Name: | Balsaminaceae |
| Origin: | North America |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 2: (-46 to -40 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Annual (true), Invasive plant |
| Mature Size: | 1.3 - 2.0m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Upright |
| Form: | Oval - vertical |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Attract birds, Attract butterflies |
| Exposure: | Full sun only if soil kept moist, Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade |
| Soil or Media: | Bog, Humus rich |
| Leaves: | Simple, Opposite, Soft flexible, Glabrous, Ovate, Serrate |
| Flowers: | Flowers solitary, White, Purple, Pink, May-Jun-Jul-Aug-Sep-Oct |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Brown, Jul-Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves opposite, ovate, most 3-10cm long x 1-4cm wide, margin dentate, petioles 0.5-1.5cm long; flowers orange to orange-yellow, 2-3cm long; fruit capsules elongate and will burst open when touched if ripe. | |