Plant Details

Accepted name:: Impatiens capensis Meerb. [Balsaminaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
common jewelweed	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
jewel weed	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
jewelweed	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
lady's-earrings	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
orange balsam	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
orange jewelweed	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
orange touch-me-not	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
orangefarbenes springkraut	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
snapweed	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
spotted jewelweed	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
spotted snap-weed	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
spotted touch-me-not	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
touch-me-not	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 19 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Impatiens fulva Nutt. Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 1: 146 (1818).
Balsamina fulva (Nutt.) Ser. Fl. Jard. 3: 453 (1849).
Chrysaea biflora (Walter) Nieuwl. & Lunell Amer. Midl. Naturalist 4: 473 (1916).
Impatiens biflora Walter Fl. Carol.: 219 (1788).
Impatiens biflora f. albiflora Weath. Rhodora 19: 115 (1917).
Impatiens biflora f. biflora Fosberg Castanea 12: 60 (1947).
Impatiens biflora f. citrina Weath. Rhodora 19: 115 (1917).
Impatiens biflora f. immaculata Weath. Rhodora 19: 117 (1917).
Impatiens biflora f. peasei A.H.Moore ex Weath. Rhodora 19: 116 (1917).
Impatiens biflora f. platymeris Weath. Rhodora 21: 99 (1919).
Impatiens capensis f. albiflora (E.L.Rand & Redfield) Fernald & B.G.Schub. Rhodora 50: 205 (1948).
Impatiens capensis f. citrina (Weath.) Fernald & B.G.Schub. Rhodora 50: 205 (1948).
Impatiens capensis f. immaculata (Weath.) Fernald & B.G.Schub. Rhodora 50: 205 (1948).
Impatiens capensis f. peasei (A.H.Moore ex Weath.) Fernald & B.G.Schub. Rhodora 50: 205 (1948).
Impatiens capensis f. platymeris (Weath.) Fernald & B.G.Schub. Rhodora 50: 205 (1948).
Impatiens fulva f. albiflora E.L.Rand & Redfield Fl. Mt. Desert Isl.: 88 (1894).
Impatiens maculata Muhl. Cat. Pl. Amer. Sept.: 26 (1813), not validly publ.
Impatiens noli-tangere subsp. biflora (Walter) Hultén Ark. Bot., a.s., 7(1): 84 (1967 publ. 1968).
Impatiens nortonii Rydb. in N.L.Britton & al. (eds.), N. Amer. Fl. 25: 95 (1910).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Impatiens capensis Meerb.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Impatiens fulva	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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