Orange jewelweed – Impatiens capensis
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Description
Like other jewelweeds (Impatiens), orange jewelweed, also called orange balsam, is an annual grass with succulent stalk. The fruit of the plant is a hut shape pod, which ruptures when ripe and shoots the seeds several metres away into the immediate environment. Jewelweeds regenerate and propagate only from seed. However, the number of seeds is abundant.
Observations in Finland
The map represents observations of this taxon, but it may not be used as a distribution map.
A total of observations in Finland ?
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Observations
- Total squares
Species card
Checklist
FinBIF master checklist
Scientific name
Impatiens capensis
Author
Meerb.
Vernacular names
- lännenpalsami (Finnish)
- apelsinbalsamin (Swedish)
- Orange jewelweed (English)
Identifier
http://tun.fi/MX.39156
Taxon rank
species
Occurrence in Finland
Collected from Finland
Status in Finland
- TNV - alien, new, resident
- 3 - spreading in the wild; completely of cultivated origin
This species is invasive
Establishment | Established |
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Regulatory Status
Finland’s National Strategy on Invasive Alien Species (GR 2012) ? Government Decree on Managing the Risk Caused by Alien Species (704/2019, VN 912/2023) ?
Finnish Regional Red List Category
- 2019 NA – Not Applicable
- 2010 NA – Not Applicable
Expert
- Mikko Piirainen
DNA barcode sequences
Informal groups
- Vascular plants
Taxon information in machine-readable form