Western touch-me-not
Impatiens noli-tangere L. [Balsaminaceae]
Kitsurifune (キツリフネ, 黄釣船)
Lifeform: annual forb
Distribution: Eurasia - North America
Habitat: and lightly mesic and dark sites in lowland and highland
Seed dispersal: self
Varieties
var. parviflora Kitag. (コバナキツリフネ)
f. hemileuca Ko. Ito et Hinoma (オクエゾキツリフネ)
f. pallida Hermann ex Beger et Em. Schmid (ウスキツリフネ)
Impatiens noli-tangere in Hokkaido
[Left] a community dominated by I. noli-tangere. [Center] a shoot with flowers. [Right] close-up. On Mount Hakodate, southern Hokkaido, on September 23 2010.
[Right/Left] on O-no Pond close to Faculty of Engineer, Hokkaido University, on July 15 2011.
References
- Field training on integrated environmental research 統合環境調査法実習
[fauna and flora 出現種リスト - HUSTEP: Plants and Plant communities in Japan
flora list - Impatiens balfourii
- Nature in the eco-campus of HU - introduction to botany (北大エコキャンパスの自然 - 植物学入門)