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Tag: Jewelweed

Impatiens capensis, known as jewelweed or touch-me-not, showing water droplets beaded on leaves
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Botanical Nerd Word: Hydrophobic

Hydrophobic: Tending to repel, or not to absorb, water.* Impatiens capensis, commonly known as jewelweed or touch-me-not, has hydrophobic leaves. Water drops bead on the surface after a rain and look like …

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jewelweed seed pod
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Botanical Nerd Word: Autochore

Autochore: A plant that is the major agent in the distribution of its own seeds or spores (as by special ejecting organs).* Jewelweeds (Impatiens pallida and I. capensis) produce spring-loaded …

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Impatiens capensis pod before and after explosion
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Botanical Nerd Word: Ballistic dispersal

Ballistic dispersal: (syn. ballochory) Mode of dispersal by which the diaspores are actively or passively catapulted away from the plant. This can either happen arbitrarily or be set off by an …

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