The common name of this wildflower is Touch-me-not or Jewelweed (Impatiens capensis)
Throughout late summer and into fall, I see large stands of them at lake edge and around marshy areas where they nicely border cattails. About the size of a thumbnail and a delightful gold/orange, in a cluster they seem to float above the leaves like small yellow butterflies. Click on the photo to enlarge and you'll see their most endearing qualities: little orange freckles. What could be any prettier than a freckle-faced native flower?To see more wonderful flower photos, visit Luis Santilli's meme, Today's Flowers. You'll be glad you did and you may even want to join in the fun!
29 comments:
Lovely Jewel Weed photo. I've been reading on some other blogs about some of the properties of this "weed." It appears it can be quite useful.
Noni: I enjoy this little flower and it grows wild behind my yard.
Noni, I agree: The Lovely Juwel Weed is perfect! Thanks!
Have a nice week!
You are right the flower is so gorgeous when you enlarge the photo. Great post.
I just did a post on the very same flower! The sap inside of the stem is useful for calming the bite of stinging nettle and for helping to cure poison ivy! It grows in wet areas, and around places where nettles and the poison ivy grow. Very nice!!
Hi, Noni
Quite different and exotic, an orange flower with freckles, big discovery. thanks for sharing so much beauty.
hugs, Denise
A ery pretty entry.
Purty! I love the name!
Paz
I've heard of jewel weed but never seen it. Reading Pat's comment I'm thinking it must be poisonous. Very pretty little freckled flower!
Hello Noni
You chose well...
A beautiful flower. Wild and delicate.
Gentle yellow flower. Beautiful.
These are old time favorites of mine but alas I don't have them this year. Maybe next. I hope they will look as nice as those you have photographed.
We had the tail end of Hurricane Ike here all day. I lost my cherry tree and a lot of limbs. The neighbors lost three trees and they fell on a power line and that weight broke the power pole. Not a good day here in SW Ohio.
Mine are on Canon Pixels
Beautiful photo. We have these flowers here too, and I always love to see their cheerful blooms.
Ah, so that is a jewel weed! And I clicked and saw the freckles. What a pretty plant.
Who doesn't love a lady with freckles!
Lovely!
I love the freckles! Thanks for pointing them out.
Nice shot. I never knew what the name of this was. Thank you!
Very beautiful place you have here,Happy to have found you,it was my monday surprise...
Greets from Holland
a flower like a jewelry!
Jewelweed is a lovely wildflower, I agree.
In many cases I prefer the wild flowers - especially with freckles on.
If you like a white weed, have a look at my site.
Hi Noni! The freckles are wonderful. I'm glad I clicked! have a nice week..
Hello Noni
I love flowers like these, we have some that look very similat,but ours are purple and a few are plane white with tiny frecles... I do not think the plants are the same though.
I can tell that these are good at attracting bees and such like. Beautiful picture.
Mine's Here
OH, I have seen a lot of this around here....a beautiful wildflower. I never thought of it having freckles - but that's EXACTLY what it looks like! Great post!!
nice flower.
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Love the colour of those apples!
Noni
When you enlarge this photo is an other flower!
Marvelous post!
Santilli
This is a beautiful flower with a funny name!
So dainty, just peeping out from behind the leaf.
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