jewelweed

Any of several plants of the genus Impatiens having yellowish spurred flowers and five-valved seedpods that burst if touched when ripe.

The American Impatiens, the balsam or touch-me-not, I. fulva (see cut under balsam) or I. pallida. See balsam and Impatiens.

See impatiens.

Impatiens.

North American annual plant with usually yellow or orange flowers; grows chiefly on wet rather acid soil