This species may attract bee pollinators away from native plants. Fruit: Seed pods are ¾-1½" long, taper at both ends, and contain 4-16 seeds. Like other "touch-me-nots" in the genus Impatiens, ripe ...

Like other impatiens the seed pods explode when touched ... According to the U.S. Forest Service “Jewelweed is a widespread and common plant that occurs in moist, semi-shady areas throughout ...

The plant earns its nickname "spotted touch-me-not" because its seed pods will explode almost violently when touched.

collect individual seed pods of genetically modified Arabidopsis plants to help assay the genetic changes leading to higher seed oil content. News organizations may use this image in reports about ...

Volunteers seed collectors can target specific plants during the season from early-blooming ... Prairie phlox and spotted touch-me-not (also known as jewelweed) have pods that explode to scatter seeds ...

The green poppers of the jewelweed plant are ready! At the slightest touch the fat, green pod “explodes,” and its seeds shoot away from the plant. This can be quite surprising to the uninitiated which ...

Plants growing near a river may use the flowing water to transport their seeds. Some seed pods are designed to explode and throw the seeds a good distance from the parent plant. Many plants also ...

You might be at an event, talk with someone, sense a business opportunity and plant a seed. You do not want to come across as predatory. Here are several expressions that can do the job in ...

By Steve Roark Contributing Writer Plant life is absolutely lush in our part of the world.  If land is not paved or has a building on it, it usually has plants growing on it or trying to get a toe ...

This species may attract bee pollinators away from native plants. Fruit: Seed pods are ¾-1½" long, taper at both ends, and contain 4-16 seeds. Like other "touch-me-nots" in the genus Impatiens, ripe ...