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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Impatiens pallida
FAMILY
Balsaminaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Pale Jewelweed at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Impatiens pallida
FAMILY
Balsaminaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 118-01-001:
Impatiens pallida FAMILY Balsaminaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Impatiens pallida
COMMON NAME:
Pale Jewelweed, Pale Touch-me-not, Yellow Jewelweed, Yellow Touch-me-not
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_impa_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_impa_007_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm140418_293
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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JK Marlow jkm0506p_25
June Jackson County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Leaves elliptic to elliptic-ovate, crenate, with rounded base, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Keith Bradley kab_i_pallida_0417
June Avery County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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JK Marlow jkm090726_111
July Buncombe County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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JK Marlow jkm090726_113
July Buncombe County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Sac-like sepal constricts abruptly into a spur curving down at right angle, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
COMPARE
flowers of Jewelweed species
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_i_pallida_pale
July Towns-Union Counties GA
Brasstown Bald
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Samantha Tessel sam071323_4419
July Greenville County SC
Greenville Watershed
Lemon yellow (sometimes cream) flowers that may be sparingly spotted, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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Ben Geer Keys bgk747_a
August
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JK Marlow jkm0308v_21
August Haywood County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Impatiens pallida
FAMILY
Balsaminaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Impatiens pallida
FAMILY
Balsaminaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 118-01-001:
Impatiens pallida
FAMILY
Balsaminaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Impatiens pallida
747
Forb
Annual
Habitat: cove forests, streambanks, seepages, moist forests, bogs, roadsides, per Weakley's Flora
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
Common in NC Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Yellow
Bilaterally symmetrical
3 sepals
5 petals
5 stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Brown
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers (Midgley, 1999) p184
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p141
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers (Campbell, Hutson, Sharp, & Hutson, 1962) p112
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p101
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p054
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p223
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p048
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p147
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p126
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p172
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p206
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011) p391
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p095
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