SpoFlora
of East-Central Indiana
Spo
| Spotted Touch-Me-Not |
| Scientific Name | Impatiens capensis Meerb. |
| Family Name | Balsaminaceae (Balsam/Impatiens Family) |
| Habitat: | moist ground, low woods, slopes, stream banks, ravines |
| Plant Height: | up to 1.5m tall; erect; branching above |
| Flower Color: | orange/yellow, spotted |
| Flower: | complete; perfect; sepals 3, larger sepal with spur; petals 5, appearing as only 3 petals because of the union of the lateral petals, orange-yellow stamens 5, connate around stigma; pistil 1; ovary 5-locular; to 3cm long, 1cm wide. |
| Inflorescence: | clusters of 1-3 pedicillate flowers from leaf axils; pedicels to 3cm long, sometimes with small scale-like bracts. |
| Fruit: | loculicidal dihscent capsule |
| Leaves: | alternate, petiolate; petiole to 5cm long, glabrous; blade ovate to elliptic, shallow serrate, to 10cm long |
| Bloom Time: | May - October |
| Origins: | native |
| Other: | annual often occurs in dense stands; bees and butterflies important pollinators along with hummingbirds |
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