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sifupaula

Impatiens capensis

  • Season Icon Late SpringLate Spring 2017
  • Like Count 9
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sifupaula

Help me identify this plant

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teamgardentags

Thanks also for asking us to help identify your plant #PlantID. Fellow GT'ers are you able to help Paula? @barbaramatthews @Garyg @jamesshobbs @joanboston @KariSamuel @kathy @lexijane @linfoster @mikethegardener @mrsflowerpot @PlantDoctor @richard.spicer.7906

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moore.794

Jewel weed or touch me not, Impatiens capensis. This plant is the antidote for stinging nettle @sifupaula @columbiariver

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sifupaula

Thank you! I'm on a new property and it's everywhere! Some are as tall as me (5 feet). I touch a seed pod and it exploded. I had pulled a lot of them to clear a garden area before the flowers came out.

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moore.794

You crush the stem and rub the juice on affected area

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KariSamuel

@columbiariver - the juice of the stem... oddly enough it normally grows next to nettles!

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sifupaula

Hmm what do these "nettles" look like?

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