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03-10-2003, 09:23 AM

In article ,
(MLEBLANCA) wrote:

In article , "Matt & Trai Rathsack"
writes:

They are yellow with orange flecks, shaped a bit like standard orchids bred
with pitcher plants at a minute size. They are approximately .5" in length
and have a tail. The shrub grows in great round clumps, about 4 feet high
and 4 feet in width. The most interesting thing about them is that the
fruit they produce is about .5" in lenght adn are colored a bit ike a
watermelon without the light yellow, and they "explode" when touched. The
pod is striated, and the individual parts peel back like a banana but curl
under. The seeds are small and brown.

Jewelweed or Touch me not
Impatiens capensis

Yep. If you have stinging nettle, rubbing a leaf from jewelweed on the sting
will make it stop stinging. The plants usually grow near each other.

Jan