"Jan Flora" wrote in message
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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
Also found near poison ivy and is an antidote for the itch when crushed and
rubbed.
Warning about these plants - they are highly invasive and you will likely
curse the day you brought them into your yard!!! Take it from one who also
thought they were very pretty flowers once. Now every spring I am still
pulling out thousands of little jewelweed seedlings!! A few always manage to
go unnoticed growing among other plants. And they will grow anywhere even in
the darkest spots in your garden. Tina