Definition of Impatiens capensis

1. Noun. North American annual plant with usually yellow or orange flowers; grows chiefly on wet rather acid soil.

Exact synonyms: Celandine, Jewelweed, Lady's Earrings, Orange Balsam, Touch-me-not
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant
Group relationships: Genus Impatiens

Lexicographical Neighbors of Impatiens Capensis

Imlach's fat-pad
Imlach's ring
Imma
Immaculate Conception
Immanuel
Immanuel Kant
Immelmann
Immelmann maneuver
Immelmann maneuvers
Immelmann turn
Immelmann turns
Immelmanns
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Imogen
Imogene Coca
Impatiens capensis (current term)
Imperia
Imperial Flanders
Imperial Stormtrooper
Imperial capacity unit
Imperial gallon
Imperial stormtroopers
Impeyan pheasant
Imphal
Impressionism
Imtenan
Imum Coeli
Imuran

Literary usage of Impatiens capensis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William M. Klein (1993)
"Impatiens capensis Meerb. Jewelweed; Touch-me-not Herbaceous annual Moist meadows, swamps and stream banks. Impatiens biflora Walt. ..."

2. Darwinism: An Exposition of the Theory of Natural Selection, with Some of by Alfred Russel Wallace (1891)
"... which is strikingly like an orchid of the same country ; while a balsam (Impatiens capensis), also a solitary species of the genus in that country, ..."

3. Darwinism and Politics: With Two Additional Essays on Human Evolution by David George Ritchie (1901)
"... the only species of the genus Ajuga in South Africa, which is strikingly like an orchid; while a balsam (Impatiens capensis), also a solitary species of ..."

4. Biodiversity and the Management of the Madrean Archipelago: The Sky Islands edited by Leonard F. DeBano (1999)
"Pollination of Impatiens capensis: pollinators and nectar robbers. 1979. J. Kans. Ent. Soc. 52: 297-308. Schmitt, U. and A. Bertsch. 1990. ..."

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