orange jewelweed

species: Impatiens capensis

common name: orange jewelweed

family: Balsaminaceae

where & when encountered: Old Westbury, NY - 2005

These photographs were taken in 2013, but the very distinctive flowers were pointed out to me years earlier. Stands of this North American native appear naturally in the wild, in woodlands and along creeks - these were seen along shaded dirt roads. They are also sometimes called spotted touch-me-not.