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Impatiens noli-tangere (touch-me-not balsam; Latin impatiēns "impatient" or "not allowing", and nōlī tangere "do not touch": literally "be unwilling to touch") is an annual herbaceous plant in the family Balsaminaceae found in damp places in Europe, Asia and North America. The yellow flowers are followed by pods which forcefully explode when ripe, ejecting the seeds for some distance.

Touch-me-not Balsam
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Balsaminaceae
Genus:	Impatiens
Species:	I. noli-tangere
Binomial name
Impatiens noli-tangere L.
Synonyms[1]
Balsamina lutea Delarbre Balsamina noli-tangere (L.) Scop. Impatiens komarovii Pobed. Impatiens lutea Lam. nom. illeg.

It is also called touch-me-not, yellow balsam, jewelweed, western touch-me-not or wild balsam.

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  Botanical illustration by Otto Wilhelm Thomé, 1885
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  Flower closeup

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Impatiens noli-tangere.

Wikispecies has information related to Impatiens noli-tangere.

• Jepson Manual Treatment
• USDA Plants Profile

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[ru] Недотрога обыкновенная

Недотро́га обыкнове́нная (лат. Impátiens nóli-tángere) — однолетнее травянистое растение; вид рода Недотрога.

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