Robert W. Freckmann Herbarium
University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point

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Balsaminaceae: Touch-me-not

Herbs of damp places with a bland watery juice in translucent stems. Flowers with 4 petal-like sepals, either orange or yellow, 1 irregular with spurred sac. Leaves alternate and simple. Fruit explodes when touched flinging seeds outward.
Flower Formula:  Sepals 2+1; Petals 5z Glossary

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Impatiens
balsam, jewelweed, snap-weed, touch-me-not
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