I have walked this creek for quite a few years now and have never seen this pop up before. Just curious as to what it might be. Was growing right on the bank. Thanks in advance!
They’re not actually bad to touch. They’re called that because the seed pods pop when touched and spring their seeds to help distribute them. It’s fun to do.
Somederpsomewhere
Squeeze the pods!
anOvenofWitches
Good for all kinds of skin ailments out in nature!
Glittering-Bid-7328
I LOVE to pop these!
Capital_Sink6645
Jewel weed
maladaptivemalarky
stick the leaves under water for the coolest party trick no one knows about
it’s jewelweed, we have it in Ontario. It makes a good balm to put on poison ivy burns.
“Jewelweed has a long history of use in Native American medicine. When applied topically, sap from the stem and leaves is said to **relieve itching and pain from a variety of ailments, including hives, poison ivy, stinging nettle, and other skin sores and irritations**”
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Bright-Self-493
The deer are extremely fond of it.
Praising_God_777
Jewelweed! I love these; when I was growing up, I loved exploring their seed pods! I had fun watching their seeds shoot out!
TheSwearJarIsMy401k
Jewelweed!!!!! I drive my neighbor crazy every summer by refusing to landscape over the retaining wall and just letting them take over whatever patch of my property they feel like growing on.
The bees love them. I LOVE them, they’re great for mitigating poison ivy exposure and also even well into adulthood I will still putter over and pop the beans whenever I see a fat lot of them ready to go.
Best flower. Love them. With their little pitcher cups and day-glo orange leopard print skirts
venicestarr
Jewelweed is good to sooth poison ivy exposure.
Hunter_Wild
Impatiens capensis, the spotted jewelweed. A native annual and a favorite food of ruby throated hummingbirds.
metahumanz
Hello pretty! 🤩 would have been humming like a bee 🐝 with my camera! Nice!
Balgur
I think it may be jewel weed. Which is invasive here in the PNW and my volunteer group regularly removes it from stream banks.
carpe_alacritas
Hummingbirds love this plant!
FluffyPinkPineapple
This is so cool, my family and I had seen a crazy amount of these at a decent walk through a park we went to over the weekend and we’re in NW Ohio here.
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Jewelweed, Impatiens capensis.
Touch-me-nots https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impatiens_capensis
They’re not actually bad to touch. They’re called that because the seed pods pop when touched and spring their seeds to help distribute them. It’s fun to do.
Squeeze the pods!
Good for all kinds of skin ailments out in nature!
I LOVE to pop these!
Jewel weed
stick the leaves under water for the coolest party trick no one knows about
What everyone else has said — ayup
It’s a native annual.
[Orange Jewelweed (Impatiens capensis)](https://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/wetland/plants/or_jewelweed.htm)
The yellow flowers in the background might be cutleaf coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata)
[Cutleaf Coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata)](https://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/savanna/plants/cl_coneflower.htm)
This plant is a remedy for poison ivy rashes.
it’s jewelweed, we have it in Ontario. It makes a good balm to put on poison ivy burns.
“Jewelweed has a long history of use in Native American medicine. When applied topically, sap from the stem and leaves is said to **relieve itching and pain from a variety of ailments, including hives, poison ivy, stinging nettle, and other skin sores and irritations**”
via google AI
The deer are extremely fond of it.
Jewelweed! I love these; when I was growing up, I loved exploring their seed pods! I had fun watching their seeds shoot out!
Jewelweed!!!!! I drive my neighbor crazy every summer by refusing to landscape over the retaining wall and just letting them take over whatever patch of my property they feel like growing on.
The bees love them. I LOVE them, they’re great for mitigating poison ivy exposure and also even well into adulthood I will still putter over and pop the beans whenever I see a fat lot of them ready to go.
Best flower. Love them. With their little pitcher cups and day-glo orange leopard print skirts
Jewelweed is good to sooth poison ivy exposure.
Impatiens capensis, the spotted jewelweed. A native annual and a favorite food of ruby throated hummingbirds.
Hello pretty! 🤩 would have been humming like a bee 🐝 with my camera! Nice!
I think it may be jewel weed. Which is invasive here in the PNW and my volunteer group regularly removes it from stream banks.
Hummingbirds love this plant!
This is so cool, my family and I had seen a crazy amount of these at a decent walk through a park we went to over the weekend and we’re in NW Ohio here.
Love learning something new about plants 😊