Impatiens capensis

TaxID: 55378

Basic Information

Impatiens capensis

Jewel-Weed, Jewelweed

Impatiens capensis, the orange jewelweed, common jewelweed, spotted jewelweed, jewelweed, spotted touch-me-not, or orange balsam, is an annual plant in the family Balsaminaceae that is native to North America. It is common in bottomland soils, ditches, and along creeks, often growing side by side with its less common relative, yellow jewelweed (I. pallida).

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Streptophyta

Magnoliopsida

Ericales

Balsaminaceae

Impatiens

capensis

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Photos (5 photos)

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(c) Thomas Shahan@BY-NC
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(c) Douglas Goldman@BY-SA
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(c) Michael J. Papay@BY
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Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (1 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Poland Regulated Invasive Alien Plant 2012

Distribution (22 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Present
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Country Status State
Belgium Present —
Canada Present
Switzerland Present —
China Present —
Germany Present —
Denmark Present —
Estonia Present —
Finland Present —
France Present —
United Kingdom Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No transcriptome records available.

DNA Barcodes (0 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

No DNA barcode records available.

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