Re: plant identification and more;
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: plant identification and more;
- From: D* M* <d*@post.its.mcw.edu>
- Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 20:51:36 -0600
>Greetings:
>
>but until then, I would love to know the name of a juicy-stemmed plant which
>grows near water, to five feet and more, with a little orange blossom, like
>a purse, looking something like an orchid;
>
>
>Isabelle hayes
>
Isabelle,
Your plant has already been correctly identified as Jewelweed or snapweed
and is probably Impatiens capensis or I. pallida. And yes, this is the
same genus as our more common Garden Balsam (I. balsamina) and the Garden
Inpatiens (I. wallerana = I.sultanii).
Don Martinson
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
d*@post.its.mcw.edu
"Existing order thrives upon ignorance and lies.
Objective truth and individual reason are feared above all."
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