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§1 Plant

Impatiens capensis Meerb.

vernacular jewelweed — species · Balsaminaceae

USDA
IMCA
GBIF
2891774
Rank
species
jewelweed (Impatiens capensis)
Platephotograph · Thomas ShahanCC BY-NC source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Duration
Annual
Group
Dicot
Family
Balsaminaceae A. Rich.
Genus
Impatiens
§2a

Native status, by region

  • CAN Canada Native
  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
  • SPM St. Pierre & Miquelon Native
§2b

County-level range

· 1,408 counties across 35 states/territories
Legend Native · 1408 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation specs · USDA

Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.

§3a

Tolerances

Drought
Low
Shade
Low
Moisture use
Medium
Fire
Medium
Salinity
None
Anaerobic
Low
CaCO₃
Low
Hedging
None
§3b

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance
32 °F minimum
Frost-free days
95 min.
Precipitation
14–50 in/yr
pH range
6.4–7.4
Root depth
14 in min.
Fertility need
Medium
Soil texture
coarse, medium, fine
§3c

Form & growth

Growth form
Single Crown
Growth rate
Rapid
Mature height
4.9 ft
Foliage texture
Medium
Foliage colour
Green
Porosity (summer)
Moderate
Porosity (winter)
Porous
Flower colour
Yellow
Fruit colour
Brown
Fire resistant
No
N fixation
None
Toxicity
None
§3d

Reproduction

Bloom period
Indeterminate
Seed abundance
Medium
Seed begins
Summer
Seed ends
Fall
Spread rate
Slow
Stratify
No
Seeds / lb
700,000
Propagation
seed
§3e

Use & availability

Commercial availability
Routinely Available
Nursery stock
No
Palatable, human
No
Lumber
No
Christmas tree
No

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 1,408 counties across 35 states/territories.

Alabama view state ↗ 23 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 49 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 26 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 92 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 83 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 26 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 87 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 32 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 66 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 70 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 29 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 103 N ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 30 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 10 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 20 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 45 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 66 N ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 81 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 67 N ▾
Rhode Island view state ↗ 5 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 28 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 52 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 100 N ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 51 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 71 N ▾

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/IMCA ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/2891774 ↗

Record version

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