Touch-me-not Balsam

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Touch-me-not Balsam

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Ericales
Family: Balsaminaceae
Genus: Impatiens
Species: I. noli-tangere
Binomial name
Impatiens noli-tangere
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Touch-me-not Balsam (Impatiens noli-tangere) is an annual herbaceous plant of the family Balsaminaceae found in damp places in Eurasia and North America. The yellow flowers are followed by pods which forcefully explode when ripe, ejecting the seeds for some distance.

Also called Touch-me-not, Yellow Balsam, Jewelweed or Wild Balsam.