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Definition of Impatiens capensis
1. Noun. North American annual plant with usually yellow or orange flowers; grows chiefly on wet rather acid soil.
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant
Group relationships: Genus Impatiens
Lexicographical Neighbors of Impatiens Capensis
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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