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 ovate to 8cm long with toothed margins; flowers orange to orange-yellow, 2-3cm long; fruit capsules elongate and burst open when touched if ripe.