Note that on some devices you will need to manually select Landscape Mode from the print dialog.
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. |