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  1. jewelweed, lady's earrings, orange balsam, celandine, touch-me-not, Impatiens capensisnoun

    North American annual plant with usually yellow or orange flowers; grows chiefly on wet rather acid soil

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  1. impatiens capensis

    Impatiens capensis, also known as jewelweed, orange balsam, or spotted touch-me-not, is a flowering plant native to North America. It typically grows in damp, shady areas like woodland edges, stream banks, and wetlands. This plant is known for its orange or yellow trumpet-shaped flowers and seeds that ‘explode’ from the pod when ripe and touched, hence the name ‘touch-me-not’. The plant also has medicinal uses, with the juice from the stems reportedly being used to relieve irritation from poison ivy and nettle stings.

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  1. Impatiens capensis

    Impatiens capensis, the Orange Jewelweed, Common Jewelweed, Spotted Jewelweed, Spotted Touch-me-not, or Orange Balsam, is an annual plant native to North America. It is common in bottomland soils, ditches, and along creeks, often growing side-by-side with its less common relative, Yellow Jewelweed. The flowers are orange with a three-lobed corolla; one of the calyx lobes is colored similarly to the corolla and forms a hooked conical spur at the back of the flower. Plants may also produce non-showy cleistogamous flowers, which do not require cross-pollination. The stems are somewhat translucent, succulent, and have swollen or darkened nodes. The seed pods are pendant and have projectile seeds that explode out of the pods when they are lightly touched, if ripe, which is where the name 'touch-me-not' comes from. The leaves appear to be silver or 'jeweled' when held underwater, which is possibly where the jewelweed name comes from. Along with other species of jewelweed it is a traditional remedy for skin rashes, although controlled studies have not shown efficacy for this purpose. The species name "capensis", meaning "of the cape", is actually a misnomer, as Nicolaas Meerburgh was under the mistaken impression that it was native to the Cape of Good Hope, in southern Africa.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of impatiens capensis in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

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    The numerical value of impatiens capensis in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

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