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Common Name: |
Spotted Touch-Me-Not
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| Scientific Name: | Impatiens capensis
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| Habitat/Season: | Shaded Wetlands & Woodlands / July-October
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| Comment: | Native
a.k.a. Jewelweed
The flowers of this species are adapted to hummingbird pollination, although bees and butterflies are also important pollinators. The stem sap of this plant has been used to relieve itching from poison ivy.
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