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    Posted: 23 Sep 2011 at 7:59pm
hi folks!

out a-wandering looking for herps on Alney Island recently i espied the invasive Indian Balsam side-by-side with the less common (tho' also alien but - according to some sources - less prodigious Orange Balsam)
this afforded me a pleasing photo opportunity;



comparisons.
leaf;

Indian Balsam Impatiens glandulifera;



Orange Balsam (less lanceolate) Impatiens capensis (looks like its got some sort of fungal infection!);



Blooms;





ive never (yet) encountered the (yellow-flowered) native species Impatiens. IE Touch-me-not Impatiens noli-tangere
Suz or anyone here seen it. maybe got a pic?

regards all, Ben
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Suzy Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 23 Sep 2011 at 8:54pm
Many streams, riversides and damp ditches in East Devon thick with Indian Balsam. I've never seen the orange one but have to admit I find them both attractive. I know, I know, they're naughty invasive plants.
No Ben never seen the yellow flowered one but I looked it up online to check it out.
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hi

amazing to think they're so closely related to bizzie lizzies!

they are invasive but me and the kids just love popping the ripe seed heads. on balance though i suppose we'd be better off without them.

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Robert V Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 25 Sep 2011 at 8:43pm
Are they also called Himalayan River Plant?
 
Because when i sent a pic of these to Peter Stafford at NHM, that's what he told me they were?
 
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Himalayan Balsam is what I know  them as. I know a few people (men) who find the smell of the plants makes them feel slightly ill - headachey.
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noli-tangere is a fine looking plant but there are few sites for it around here. I used to collect local records for this species in order to locate a rare moth larvae which feeds on it. I never took one pic though! If i'm passing by next August i'll get a pic in flower for thee Thumbs Up  
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Originally posted by Noodles Noodles wrote:

 If i'm passing by next August i'll get a pic in flower for thee Thumbs Up  

Strangely enough i have just got the go-ahead for some building surveys 100m from a gorge full of Impatiens noli-tangere. I will endeavour to get some pics.....
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never seen it so will look forward to those!
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