Touch-me-not or Jewelweed: Impatiens capensis
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Weed Description: Branching annual with distinctive orange to red funnel-shaped flowers. Touch-me-not is found primarily along roadsides, along the edges of streams and marshes, and in other noncrop areas throughout Virginia, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky, and West Virginia. |
| Leaves: Leaves are elliptic to triangular in outline, approximately 2 to 4 1/2 inches long and 1 1/4 to 3 inches wide. All leaves are without hairs (glabrous), have margins that are slightly toothed and occur on petioles that may reach 2 1/2 inches in length. |  |
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Stems: Without hairs (glabrous), reaching 6 1/2 feet in height. |
| Flowers: Bright orange to red
in color, forming a triangular funnel with a spotted sepal at the 'mouth' of the funnel. Fruit: A capsule. |
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Identifying Characteristics: The orange funnel shaped flowers and triangular leaves with toothed margins are both characteristics that help in the identification of touch-me-not. |